John, great photo, although you're just killin' me! This is the 15th year that development far up the steep hill above my old growth spruce acreage means that my driveway's either flooded or in danger of being flooded from Nov 1 thru end of March. I park far from the house, at the very edge of the road, just past the creek culvert. It means donning boots and carrying everything across the creek and up the hill to the house...cranky, cranky, cranky. In addition, last week we had, OMG, real ICE for the first time in my 62 years here, very close to the ocean where it almost never gets below about 35. No power (which means no water from our well). No way to charge my phone because there was a downed wire lying across my ice-laden car. I learned that our wonderful Earth stove cannot adequately heat our 1600 SF house when it's only 25 outside, but also how to cook on the top of the stove instead of digging my camp stove out of all the camp gear in the back storage space. Lots of alder wood to salvage, before the next time we lose power!