Snowstorm and fishing in Ice

Catching his first fish in the ice on Lake Lida

Snowstorm in Detroit Lakes

The snow blower

Ayden's new Zorbaz passport

Floods on La Meuse in Belgium

After battling about half a meter of snow that has built up over the last two weeks we finally had three days in the fifties. The snow (pictured in my previous post) is gone, but it created another problem.
We came home from Luxembourg last night and we are now able to fish right off our veranda! We moved here to live on the river, but this is a bit close.

Their is a good picture in the Washington Post from Olloy-sur-Viroin, which is just down La Meuse from us.

A snow that stays, in Belgium......and stays....and stays

We have recieved a half a meter of snow in the last two weeks and it has made the area very beautiful....if you don't have to go anywhere! They say it is the largest snowfall since the Battle of the Bulge in 1945. For a place where we're not used to snow staying for more than a day or two, this has become a huge problem, including a 10 hour commute home from work this week that I usually drive in one and a half hours.

 The side streets have not been touched and there is not a shovel you can buy in two countries, we have been in at least 10 stores to check. A two month wait if you want snow tires put on. As Randy says....it is time to give thanks again to pope Al Gore and his church of global warming. Needless to say he has not been a happy camper through all this.