When I arrived the taxiway was plowed but the ramp was not. The snow was all hard packed drifts. - Copyright (c) 2013 Daniel Noe

View from behind showing how deep the drift in the lee of the Cardinal was. The upwind (nor'east) side was bare to the pavement. The drift came up above my waist. - Copyright (c) 2013 Daniel Noe

Deep, hard packed snow drift. - Copyright (c) 2013 Daniel Noe

Ron from Air Direct was plowing out this section of the ramp (he beat the airport crew to it). He was able to plow pretty close to the nose of the Cardinal. You can see how tightly packed that drift was. - Copyright (c) 2013 Daniel Noe

The bare black pavement area to the right is not because of plowing. It is because of the winds blowing snow. - Copyright (c) 2013 Daniel Noe

Huge heavy chunks of hard packed snow. - Copyright (c) 2013 Daniel Noe

Ron plowing out spots on the ramp. He was able to plow much of it but a big windrow/drift between the taxiway and ramp was too heavy to plow. - Copyright (c) 2013 Daniel Noe

With some help we got 667 freed enough to put it out so Ron could plow the spot. These guys are owed a beer. On the left note that I bent my metal snow shovel hacking at the packed snow drift! - Copyright (c) 2013 Daniel Noe

Snowblower clearing snow from the runway. - Copyright (c) 2013 Daniel Noe

Finally the airport snow clearing crew came by with big loaders to clear this section of the ramp. - Copyright (c) 2013 Daniel Noe

Tied in a cleared parking spot, all nicely covered thanks to Bruce's Custom Covers. - Copyright (c) 2013 Daniel Noe

Serious snow clearing. - Copyright (c) 2013 Daniel Noe

Finally with the ramp fully cleared I could get out (but lunch first). - Copyright (c) 2013 Daniel Noe

Taxiway alpha was nicely cleared. The sunlight on the pavement melted things as soon as the black was exposed. My windshield has some leftover deicing fluid (water/glycol) drops. Next time I will have to make sure to wipe the windshield after. - Copyright (c) 2013 Daniel Noe

Winter climbout. - Copyright (c) 2013 Daniel Noe

The white mountains well to our north. The numerous small lakes and ponds are much more visibile in the winter. - Copyright (c) 2013 Daniel Noe

Route 2/I-190 interchange. - Copyright (c) 2013 Daniel Noe

Quarries look interesting filled with snow. - Copyright (c) 2013 Daniel Noe

View down Runway 11 at Hanscom Airport (BED). The intersecting runway does not appear to be cleared yet. - Copyright (c) 2013 Daniel Noe

Our house and the swamp. It's pretty hard to see where Beaver Brook is this time of year. - Copyright (c) 2013 Daniel Noe

Our house with the yellow truck parked out front. Quite hard to see in the summer! - Copyright (c) 2013 Daniel Noe

Newburyport. Wave action seems to have inhibited snow cover in the marshy areas closes to the inlet. - Copyright (c) 2013 Daniel Noe

Evergreen International (Cargo) 747-200, a 747 "classic". Three of these have been mothballed at Pease since December. They're parked right on the ramp. I'm not sure what is planned for them or why they are at Pease instead of other typical aircraft "boneyards". - Copyright (c) 2013 Daniel Noe

Amazing ice on Great Bay in Portsmouth. - Copyright (c) 2013 Daniel Noe