Snowed in? Snowed out.

While Travis shovels, Avery and the neighbor girl watch a front
loader piling more snow up in our dead end street today.
I guess it was a good thing my parents got out when they did. They left last night, but then the snow started and Milwaukee airport has been shut down all day today. Unfortunately, they arrived in Spokane, WA to much worse. Spokane gets it's share of snow every winter, but they are definitely not equipped to deal with it the way Milwaukee is. (Honestly, people who complain about snow removal in Milwaukee really have no idea) Anyway, my parents flight was one of the only ones that even made it into Spokane because they had so much snow. The main roads were just barely clear enough that they made it almost all the way home. 2 blocks from their house the plows had quit and a foot+ of snow is a bit much for a car to get through. They were high centered and had to walk the rest of the way home (at about 1am). So today they've spent digging the car out.
The worst part? They go to the Coeur d'Alene Summer Theater and this year the SUMMER theater was going to do White Christmas as a special for 3 nights only. My parents had tickets for tonight. But the weather won't let them get there. AND if it hadn't been for the theater, they would have stayed in Milwaukee with us through the weekend! Still, I guess it's better they got home when they did, because things aren't looking so good for travel at this point...