After a great day with the Gray Family, Charlie and I needed to head home. We called 3 different cab companies without any luck. We waited for one for two hours but no one ever showed up. So, we turned to plan B, public transportation. Charlie and I packed our bag and hiked out of Lauren's to Clark Street. We ran to catch the bus and the bus driver (who definitely saw us) quickly sped away. Ugh...so frustrating. Luckily, a second bus pulled up shortly afterward excpet they would not let Charlie on the bus without a dog crate. I pleaded with the driver that he is a well-behaved dog that had "done his business" but no luck. The bus kept going without Charlie and me. Our last option was to wait for a cab and pray that an empty one would pass us on the street. While waiting I saw a Chicago Police Department SUV coming down the street. I flagged it down and in my sweetest voice pleaded my case, "A stranded girl and her dog needed a ride half a mile north". Fortunately, they said yes and Charlie and I hitched a ride north. Let's hope that is the first and last time that we are in the back of a CPD vehicle.
The cops were only able to get us to the Sheridan/Howard intersection near our house because our street has not been plowed. In fact, our street has some of the largest snow drifts in the city (since we live right on the water). I have NEVER seen anything in my life quite like this. Almost every car on the street is covered to the very top of the roof with snow. There are drifts as high as 10 feet in the middle of the street. The pictures don't do it justice but will give you a general idea. I have no idea how the city is going to even start to get rid of this snow. I think they are going to have to use a dump truck to get it out before they think about plowing. Let's hope the city starts to get rid of some of this snow tomorrow....we have errands to run before the move.
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| Looking Down our Street |
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| People on top of the Snow Drifts on our Street |
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| The Frozen Lake outside of our Building |
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| The left of the fence is our Street |
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| Pathway to our Building Entrance |
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| Car on our Street - completely buried |
