bouldercroft Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 To set the scene Boston seems to have gone into the ice age - we've had 50inches of snow already...and I haven't seen anything green since before christmas. So we booked a trip to the Caribbean to get away from the white-white-white scenery and to celebrate my 40th. This morning (day before departure) A new storm arrives of 'historic proportions'. The schools are closed, roads are hell, world is coming to an end - general chaos. But 'we' have to dig out the eglu to drive it about 10miles to a friends house where they can stay while we're gone. It took about 2 hours to dig the snow out, disassemble the . By the way - Omlet - if you're reading this...the does anything but GO! It wouldn't fit in the car, we had to disassemble the whole thing to get the run off. Anyway... The has been broken down into the back of 2 cars (matrix and golf). The girls are in the cat carrier ready for the journey in the snow. And just before we leave the house - I get an email saying that our flight has been canceled. Now this could have been grounds for divorce/violence/nervous breakdown - but instead he just laughs. Bless him. So like all good Brits (even ex-pats) we decide to have a cup of tea before we do anything else. And during the tea break - we get an email to say we've been rebooked for Thursday Yippppppeeeeeeee! So the vacation is back on and now we're back to the task of transporting chickens. We dig the cars out again - another 4inches of snow has fallen in the tea-break time. And off we go in convoy to Chicken Camp. I'm nervous driving in heavy snow at the best of times but this time it was worse because all I could think was 'don't crash the car, don't crash the car' because I couldn't face explaining to the cops/ambulance why I had 2 chickens in the passenger seat So there you have it - my little story of true love. No other man would put up with me and my crazy chickens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Crikey you don't let anything get in your way do you Have a great holiday and make the most of the warmth x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouldercroft Posted February 1, 2011 Author Share Posted February 1, 2011 and for a sense of snow scale - here is a photo of my veggie garden and greenhouse...that's a 4ft fence on the veggie plot photo by jewilk71, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
percy049 Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 hope you and your girls have a nice holiday! I hope the weather clears up... we plan to fly to Boston this august for our summer holiday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Not many footprints there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 I had a dream last night that we had so much snow that we couldn't open the back door and the chickens were stuck in their eglu... Your second picture looks just like the dream!! I really can't imagine that much snow Seems like you've had it for ages, it was snowing over there when it was snowing in England wasn't it? Our 2 weeks was long enough Hope your second flight goes okay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouldercroft Posted February 1, 2011 Author Share Posted February 1, 2011 hope you and your girls have a nice holiday! I hope the weather clears up... we plan to fly to Boston this august for our summer holiday! August...yeah...it should have melted by then Seriously though, August is a great month it's very warm, sunny and not too busy as all the universities have closed for the summer. We have a huge student population in Boston. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouldercroft Posted February 1, 2011 Author Share Posted February 1, 2011 I had a dream last night that we had so much snow that we couldn't open the back door and the chickens were stuck in their eglu... Your second picture looks just like the dream!! I really can't imagine that much snow Seems like you've had it for ages, it was snowing over there when it was snowing in England wasn't it? Our 2 weeks was long enough Hope your second flight goes okay ha! that's not a dream - that's a weekly occurrence here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarlettohara Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 enjoy your holiday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chestnutmare Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 What an adventure! Enjoy your holiday, try not to miss your girls too much. You've got me thinking about how I'll be moving my Go when we move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 What would we do without tea - great British and American staple it seems - enjoy your break and you have to do it all again only in reverse - sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPalmer Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 I just knew your husband was English!! Most American husband would have been roasting the chickens over the bbq! I am an American so I can say these things ... heheh British men make the best best best husbands! And they are soooo very tolerant to cute little chooks! Enjoy the warm weather and enjoy that fab hubby of yours!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouldercroft Posted February 2, 2011 Author Share Posted February 2, 2011 I just knew your husband was English!! Most American husband would have been roasting the chickens over the bbq! I am an American so I can say these things ... heheh British men make the best best best husbands! And they are soooo very tolerant to cute little chooks! Enjoy the warm weather and enjoy that fab hubby of yours!! That's why I brought one with me (a husband) when we moved here 12 years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPalmer Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 See that just proves Chicken women are SMART women!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneyolktoanother Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 have a great holiday and of course girls have a good holiday too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouldercroft Posted February 3, 2011 Author Share Posted February 3, 2011 a day late but we made it!! sitting on the porch watching the sunset over the bay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
