Atherley - more than ...

 There has been a comment about the snow this Winter, So I am going to show a small section of Atherley  - it is more than a road as you will see:

 - there is the village itself some 2k away in the distance,

- there are  a) Trans-Canada Trail 7000Km long

                   b) Ganaraska Trail some 300Km connecting to the Bruce (nearly 900km)

                    c) Trails for Life 10Km in Orillia but connecting to the above plus one to Barrie           

and in Winter one of the snowmobile trails - all superimposed on each other, and separated by several meters from the "road". These trails are also bike trails in other seasons. I run and walk here, too. That is a "gate" with 2 barriers swung to the left during winter and across the trail at the driveway - marked by the bare patch - when there is no snow. The trail is paved

and plowed where I am standing by the snowmobile section. The red stop sign is for the snowmobilers and the blue sign below identifies the route. Yes there are maps of snow trails. There are 1000s of kilometers of marked  trails .

And Atherley Road is 4 lanes wide, 2 in each direction. Not easy to see with such high levels of snow.

 

 

 There are 2 snowmobiles on this truck. Look at the "teeth" on the central belt, The truck can be seen in the photo above the closeup with the trail in front and an idea of how deep the snow is,

 

 The above view is across Atherley and a side street to a pile of snow hiding a truck! The snow is probably also hiding a tired snow shoveler who left his shovel on guard to prevent the snow from being stolen?

 

Next, is our diner, just across the street:

 Note that I am looking across 4 lanes of roadway and the snow pile on the far side has a gap - under the "HERLE"so cars can park at the restaurant.

And finally for today:

 The bus stop shelter with snow on its roof. Some blue shadows to the right of it give a hint of the shoveled path from my walkway to the bus stop. And at the extreme left edge there is another snowmobile traffic sign partially buried in the snow.

 So this is my answer: "All my troubles seem" !

What is going to happen when this melts?

 

Quack, quack,

WOB