Snow coverage dwindling down to about 2%

In an odd turn of events, this weekend was beautiful as I sit here writing this in shorts and flip flops.  It was supposed to be wet and rainy, but both days were dry and nice.  Both days got well into the upper 50s.  Saturday hit 57 in Sullivan, and today felt like mid 50s, though my thermometer appears to have died.

The big project for Saturday was getting the car out.  I didn't need to use any more salt, I just went down with the big iron chisel that Matt got me, and wrecked some ice.  Before too long I was able to just drive it out.  I said it would take a thaw, and we got another one.


I need to find my creepers, this was wet ice and I went sliding a few times.


Took the car out for a drive since it was nice and warm out, and when I got back, I decided to put it up on the slab.


Saturday night after enjoying the warm weather, I also did a a couple of minor improvements, putting up another shelf, and putting up the shower head extension.  The shower head used to spray in an awkward spot, down in front of the toilet where it is narrow.  This should bring it out into the biggest part of the room (I hope, the extension isn't as long as I thought it was).


Today I slept in since it was supposed to wet and rainy all day, with the temperature dropping all day.  That was a bald faced lie.  It never cooled down last night, so it was still in the mid to upper 50s this morning, so I went and enjoyed more warm and surprisingly sunny weather.  I was a little surprised just how much melted off last night, so I went and looked at the creek.  It is high, but not as high as I would expect.


Surprisingly, part of the back yard is still frozen.  It still has a little bit of snow too.


The drainage ditch in the back will need to be dug out.  It is running over the top of the ground it is draining so much water.


The ditch is still very full.


I decided to take advantage of the nice weather and do a couple of things I should have done in the fall.  I put stabilizer in the mowers, but never ran it into the engine since they got buried in snow.  Unfortunately the push mower wouldn't start so I poured some mechanic in a bottle in it, since that is the only stuff that has dry gas in it that I can find.


I also and went and cranked on the tractor until the battery started to die.  On the plus side, the battery charger works.


I also took advantage of most of the ground being thawed and put out my driveway markers, even though I pretty clearly don't need them, since I have been snowblowing without them all winter.


The driveway is mushy.  Even where I put down gravel is soft.  That footprint is three inches deep.


Remember the ice patch from above?  It is all but gone.


I decided to go take a tour of my property, to see how much snow was left, and there wasn't much.  Less than 5%.  The spots where there is no sun and protection from the wind are the only spots there is snow outside of the banks.
The creek further back.


The woods at the back edge.


Even my rock ledge has been cleared of ice.




There is still some snow kicking around in the woods though. 


After sitting on the charger, I decided to give the mower one more kick before saying "I will deal with it in the spring.  It actually started this time.  The dry gas did its job.


With that success, I tried the push mower again.  Still no go on that front.