At the end of our first winter we had a bit of an ice storm it was beautiful and also unnerving. We were glad that we had purchased a 4wd truck a few years before, as were our employers because neither of us missed a day of work.
Our slot is actually quite pretty it's fenced, which I have mentioned before and has a bit of grass. There is also a very robust vine that has taken a liking to the chain link fencing and provided us some much appreciated privacy. The focal point though is the large tree that sits in the middle of our slot and provides shade for us as well as our neighbors. It's wonderful during the summer and it's beautiful during the fall especially since our park has a raking service that takes care of the thousands of leaves that carpet our yard.
During the ice storm the tree was glazed like everything else, we only thought to worry about a branch breaking loose and coming through the roof. Who knew we'd have to worry about anything else? The ice storm finally broke and the tree started to thaw. I had just come home from an overnight shift, as had Wynn and we were both sleeping soundly with the dogs, when suddenly we were jolted awake by what sounded like branches hitting the roof. I was freaking out thinking that either our beautiful Airstream would be dented beyond repair or that one of those branches would fall through into the trailer.
Wynn was brave, she is always brave. She opened the front door and peeked out. It turned out that the ice that had glazed the tree was now falling in hard jagged chunks onto us and the ground. It was as if someone was pouring big heavy chunks of broken glass out of the sky. It lasted for hours, during which we couldn't leave the Airstream, nor could we let the dogs out to do their business. Somehow we were able to get some sleep through all of it and our furry kids had any abstained from using the bathroom while we were stuck inside.
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