Over the Winter--How I Survived My 1st Up North Winter

Winter came to Wausau on Saturday, December 2, 2007 with a dump of approximately 12" of heavy snow. As I looked out on my driveway that first morning I was stunned to realize that if I was going to get my car out and drive to the store I'd have to shovel a whole lot of snow first. Throughout the fall I'd been telling myself that a little snow shoveling would be good exercise but when the reality of it hit that morning I had second thoughts.

While the snow meant work it was also quite beautiful. Winters in Indiana and Illinois were hit and miss some years but from that first day in December, the winter of 2007 in Wausau was here to stay.


It took a couple of hours that first morning and a lot of hours over the next several months as the cold weather stayed in place keeping the snow from melting even a little. At one point in mid-winter I was walking in my back yard standing about 25" to 30" up off the ground and it was not on a drift.