The crashing on the roof began somewhere around 2:30 a.m. We could tell by the muffled thumps that the snow that has been falling steadily these last few days continued to be light and feathery, so the wind must have come up to knock it off the branches. A necessary trip outside forced me to plunge through several feet of snow. I kicked the top off before each step, but when I slipped into a hole between two logs on the edge of the beach, I gave up and plowed through my task, before running for home. The next time I stepped outside, everything had changed.
The cabin's view this morning. The green light on the left means the wind generator is charging. Note the Christmas decorations reflected in the window (Photo: Mark Zeiger).
