'Snow' riding today

Winter storm Pax has hit the North East hard over the last couple of days and has firmly scuppered my plans!  I took a vacation day today, as I have some time to use up and planned out hitting the trails for the morning, followed by an afternoon start to Valentines day with the wife.

As much as I enjoy riding in the snow the thought of mashing the pedals through over a foot of snow doesn't fill me with excitement.  I can definitely see the appeal of a fat bike right now.

So instead of a morning on the trails my day has consisted of a short blast on the turbo trainer and an hour of solid snow shoveling, both a decent workout but just not quite what I'd planned for.

Here's a few quick pics to show the aftermath and all the neighbors efforts to clear the road and their driveway's.

My neighbor taking a break and popping across for a quick chat

Progress

I'm hopeful that this will be the last big storm of the winter and the riding will become a little more regular very soon.  Until then I'm off back inside to keep warm!