Five Christmas Trees and a Lot of Snow

This past weekend we trekked out to the woods to choose and cut five Christmas trees. The day we chose was a relatively beautiful day, thankfully, because the snow was deep! If it had been cold outside on this day, we would have had a rough time out there in all that snow.

In the preceding days, we had a pretty nasty storm here in Vermont...  a lot of snow, followed by a lot of freezing rain...  more snow...  more sleet and freezing rain...  more snow...  more freezing rain...  Many areas were left with downed power lines which included the area where we went searching for five perfect Christmas trees.

On our drive up the mountain, we passed a line crew working on a number of downed lines. They had about a hundred yards of line left to hang on the utility poles. The downed trees and limbs were already cut and removed by the time we ventured into this winter wonderland but the tree farm was still left without power.  

When we reached the tree farm and parked our cars in the snowy parking lot, the first thing I noticed was that it looked like we parked on a frozen tundra! Once we ventured out of the parking area and past the enormous piles of snow, we could see Christmas trees as far as the eye could see. Well...  I suppose we could only see the parts of the Christmas trees which were above the blanket of snow!

All in all, we all had a great time and left happy with our tree selections. Afterward, a bunch of us met in town for a nice lunch. The day certainly wore me out but we all had a great time!


Here is a gallery of photos from our day...  Christmas Tree Cutting 2014