Seasons Through a Cabin Window

The day we first stayed in StepsAway 254 cabin (December 18, 2017), I felt compelled to take a photograph from the dining room table through the front picture window – probably because I wanted to be able to share that it snowed enough to cover the ground.  Because I took that first picture shown here (and a touch of OCD),  I try to take one each time I’m sitting there.  I won’t bore you with each and every picture, but a sampling through the winter and spring produces an interesting view of the snow accumulation this past winter and its rapid regression to this recent Memorial Day Weekend.

On New Year’s Eve, it’s pretty clear that this winter was going to be “special”.  That’s a good bit of accumulation in 2 weeks.  We were starting to get concerned with what we had gotten ourselves into.

Getting to the cabin in mid-February was a significant challenge. Upon arrival I was facing an overwhelmingly huge snowplow berm armed with only a single snow shovel.

This photo from February 17 shows just how close the snow on the ground is to meeting the snow on the carport roof.Just 3 days later, a few days of sunshine allowed the snow to settle into a seriously wet, dense mass (I apologize for going engineer there). It was during this week that the temperature dropped to -17 F – not wind chill, actual temperature.  Polebridge, about 20 miles north, recorded -40F!  But winter was not over yet.

On March 10, the snow was a good 2 feet deeper.  It wasn’t possible to take a photo through the same window, as the snow from the roof overhung the top half and the pile on the ground obscured the bottom half!  The photo to the left was taken from the front porch.  Notice the stop sign for reference. It had to be uncovered to be visible.  At this point, even the locals were becoming less amused at the snow levels. We missed a couple of weeks, but when we returned, fortunately, spring was starting to emerge.

This photo, taken April 20, was the first time that we had seen part of the yard – actual grass – peeking through.  It was several weeks yet before all of the snow disappeared.  But, in what felt like no time at all, spring blasted into a summer weekend with temperatures into the high 70’s.

Green grass and a birch tree full of leaves greeted us on Friday, May 25.  A perfect start to a perfect weekend (with a bear).  I hope you enjoyed the seasons through a cabin window!