Digging down to the beach

As of April 1st, our winter snowfall is just over 26 feet. Although we had a total of over 35 feet two winters ago, it has been colder this year and we have about the same amount of snow on the ground. Jen was tired of looking at a big wall of snow and we had no easy way to get down to the beach, so we decided to make a path through the snowbank. The way we make decisions is that Jen decides and I do it. The bank was 9 feet high and it's about 20 feet down to the beach.

We started out by putting a hose out and melting a

tunnel through the bank. That took about a week.

Even while we were melting, the snow kept coming down.

Putting a sun roof in our new snow cave!

Then shoveling to break through to the surface.

Feral checking things out.

The view from the tunnel looking back up to the lodge.

Seeing daylight.

Time to get serious!

The big picture.....

Done!

Feral coming over for inspection!