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Snow, Snow And Snow Again

Our road
 Since last Sunday morning it started snowing. The world seemed to be alright because snow over here isn’t a phenomenon. So everybody seemed to be relaxed until the storm was getting worse and I heard my housemate calling my name in the evening for help. When I stepped out very late in the evening I couldn’t believe what happened. Everything was looking different and was fully covered with tons of snow.

Nearly 17 inches ~ about 43 centimeters of snow were the result of the storm and it was still going.


Our driveway
The reason my housemate was calling me for help was his car… he couldn’t move in any direction because the heavy storm pushed all the snow underneath his car which was kind of jacked up. After shoveling his sunken car, we were all anxious about the next day and didn’t know how we should get to work.




Heavy storm
Then I remembered all guys asking me in the beginning of my internship: “In summer time Michigan is beautiful. Why are you coming over here in winter times?” :D

Monday morning good news arrived on my phone – one day off because of snow. And in fact, when I walked with one of my housemates to get a coffee in the afternoon, we realized that we wouldn’t even had a chance to get onto the main road. Next to our driveway our road was still covered with snow and all over cars which were getting stuck and tried to get away with help from all neighbors. By the way it was very nice and a bit relaxing to see and to know, that there are a lot of people who would help if I get stuck on Tuesday. One more time I was negotiating a prejudice when I saw all helpful people on roads.



Approx. 43 cm snow over night
Fortunately we finally heard a big snow-truck driving through our road in the evening on Monday. It was a little bit like Christmas waiting for Santa Claus, when we jumped up to see who is going to help us and free us from the snow.

Next morning, I drove carefully through our driveway and tried to turn right as usual but suddenly I was stuck :D Of course, when I get stuck there is nobody on the streets – everything empty. But fortunately I was close to our house, so I went back to get our snow shovel. After 10 minutes digging out my car the mission was complete and with that my early-morning exercise. ;)



Little flags show you the end of the road
All in all the most positive fact is over here: When it is winter time, you have winter. Better than wet and muddy winter at home where we might have snow with a little bit of luck for a couple of days. The only thing missing is huge mountains where you could enjoy your time with snowboarding. I only heard about a couple of hills so far.




Let’s see what will happen in the next weeks! You’ll read about it!






Location: 74 West Long Lake Road, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304, USA

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