Still snowbound, January 24

   Today dawned sunny and cold with a full moon in the sky at dawn.
   We went out around noon, up 25th St to the Trader Joe's which was amazingly open. We bought a few things like eggs and milk so that we can have dinner at our hotel tonight. There were lots of people walking about and the main roads are plowed, but none of the secondary roads in this neighborhood have been touched yet.

The Trader Joe's sign in the snow, but the main entrance was open.

   Then, we went to the Taste of India just off Pennsylvania Avenue for a delicious lunch. I had saag (spinach) which was nice and spicy and Mark had butter chicken. We were the only patrons.
    Then, we went "home" and we tackled the shoveling of the car. It was pretty laborious, but it we were nice and warm and there were lots of people out walking by and chatting. The hotel loaned us two shovels. We did a pretty good job and Mark was able to move it back and forth. Now our fingers are crossed that we don't get plowed in tonight.
    We watched the Patriots play Denver in the AFC championship which was in Denver and the Patriots lost. We also watched some of the Australian Open.

What our street looked like!

  

The Prius not long after Mark started shoveling.

When we were about half way.

When we were almost done.