6.   This past weekend we had our first official blizzard of the season, and it was predicted to be a doozy! Most forecasters were calling for 50-70cm of snow, while some were calling for as high as 100cm by the time the system moved off shore. Snow started falling around 3pm Thursday, with winds picking up speed rapidly over the supper hour.

5.   It got quite nasty over night, but that didn't stop hundreds of snowmobilers from riding the streets of St. John's, Mount Pearl & Paradise well into the wee hours of the morning! I probably would have been one of them if I could get my sled out of the yard without moving three cars into the street during the storm! The storm continued until about noon on Friday, unfortunately temperatures rose considerably and the snow changed to rain. 

4.   My Honda 9/28 snow blower sure got a workout cleaning up the driveway, and a few neighbour's driveways who were trying to shovel their way out by hand.

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2.   Because of the changeover to rain we received about 55cm snow from the storm, and power was knocked out to over 65,000 homes, ourselves included.

1.   With the power out all night we still lived in relative comfort with our 3500w generator running the fridge, deep freeze, lights, TV, Satellite and surround sound. Our camp stove took care of cooking duties until we got our power back the following day.

We planned an awesome group ride bashing drifts all weekend, but alas mother nature ruined our plans with more heavy, gross, nasty rains. By Sunday morning, there wasn't enough snow left in the Goulds to get in a sensible ride! The fields were muddy in the middle, roads were bare, so what snow you could ride on was a wet sloppy mix of mud & gravel. It's crazy that such an impressive snowfall could be ruined by rain so quickly. Hopefully we'll get a great ride in soon!

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