18°f this morning, a few snowflakes, then clearing.
Snowy Joe's Run. School has been in session all week, but busses don't run these back roads, so a lot of kids are unable to attend. I wonder if they have some kind of internet classes for them. Seems very unfair.
We had to go into town yesterday afternoon. This time I had to go too, not just Larry, because we had a time-sensitive document that had to be signed, notarized, and mailed. You can imagine how thrilled I was at the prospect! And poor Larry, who had already been up at the crack o'dawn for the 4-hour round trip to the VA wasn't thrilled either. But as is our way, we combined several necessary errands into one trip so in the end it was worthwhile.
Larry actually drove our van down to the house, which pretty much stunned me, but it did just fine on the way back out too. There really is nothing like all-wheel-drive. The tractor had done a decent job of clearing the snow but hoooweee the ice. Plenty of it still left.
A photojournal of our trip out and back:
The whole length of Joe's Run pretty much looks like this. It's a one-lane road, so getting out of someone's way can be tricky.
Our frozen watershed lake
but Joe's Run itself is still running, surprisingly.
Finally out to the highway, and only 10 miles to town.
And in town...
Mill Creek, which runs right through town, is frozen over.
Part of the main drag
Ripley is the county seat, and these photos were taken in the old part of town. The town spreads out a good bit to the west, where we have Walmart, Kroger, Walgreens, a bunch of fast foods and gas stations, etc., because I-77 passes over that way. The south part of town has some car repair and used car places, auto parts stores, another drug store, a feed store, hardware store, and funeral home along with a lot of smaller businesses. Not many businesses survive on the north end except a feed store and another hardware store. Population is about 3000 people, according to the 2020 census, down by 400 people from 2010. Which is odd because there is much more traffic.
And finally home, where you can see the ridge has done some thawing even though it only reached 26° today,
Just the adrenaline-inducing driveway to contend with. Which was fine, actually, just very slippery.
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