Registered for the St Paul Winter Carnival Half Mararthon, all dressed for it (32 degrees, raining, and 20-MPH wind), but we couldn't get out of our own driveway. Sunshine and Sweet Pea were dressed & ready for the 5k too.
We walked out of the house and quickly discovered that it wasn't safe to walk. But I finally got to the garage by walking half in the snowdrifts and half on the glare ice of the sidewalk.
I backed the car out of the garage, started to pull forward, and the car went sideways. I put on the brakes (easy does it) and the car slid straight sideways into a snowdrift. No damage, but not going anywhere. Because of the layout of our driveway we couldn't safely get to the road, where I think the residual salt had made driving possible.
We stayed home. Maybe later in the day we can figure out someplace to run safely. Sunshine and Sweet Pea would like to get their Carnival Mugs, but they probably won't get them.
Bummer... The race may have been tough as well. I went out and found spots were icy on the City Streets.
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