The snow from Sunday's big storm still fills the shoulders of the road, and many of the sidewalks are in pretty poor condition. Nevertheless, Larry and I still headed up 1600 N and attempted the water tank hills this morning. The first big hill is dry, but by hill #2 the road conditions were frozen and slippery. We made it up hill #2 and part of #3, mostly walking, before we decided to head back. Going downhill was more treacherous than going up. It made the bad sidewalks down 1600 N more appealing. The temperatures are above freezing this week, but not quite warm enough to melt all the snow already on the sidewalks and sides of the road. The good news is that it's only 5 days before the winter solstice when the sun starts moving north again and the days start getting longer.
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