Winter Walking

[playfelt]

What were you planning to use for the 13 month old even if the path was plowed. Would that still work.

I thought from your original post that you were carrying the 2 year old on the trip back to the bus to make it in time - hence the issue was how to carry two kids. But taking a stroller for the baby even if you have to turn it around and drag it much like you would one of those hand shopping carts works in the snow - you end up tipping the stroller and pulling it just on the two back wheels. If you put the brake on then they don't move and become like skids in the snow.

[ttremble88]

What were you planning to use for the 13 month old even if the path was plowed. Would that still work.

I thought from your original post that you were carrying the 2 year old on the trip back to the bus to make it in time - hence the issue was how to carry two kids. But taking a stroller for the baby even if you have to turn it around and drag it much like you would one of those hand shopping carts works in the snow - you end up tipping the stroller and pulling it just on the two back wheels. If you put the brake on then they don't move and become like skids in the snow.

If the pathway was plowed, I was planning on using the stroller for the 13 month old.

Maybe I worded it wrong, in the original post. But my 2 year old walks to and from the school making it on time for the bus. I carry him on occasion when the snow is to deep and his little legs get tired. But generally he does it himself.

I do not think that tipping the stroller and struggling to pull it while pregnant through the snow is a grande idea. I tried it on our first real snow fall, over a month ago, when the snow was not nearly as deep, and it was a huge struggle. It is a long way through the deep snow.

If everything had gone to plan, I would be pushing the 13 month old and sometimes my 2 year old (on really bad days) through the pathway. But that is no longer an option.

[sunnydays]

One other thing you could try is calling the City and asking them to plow the pathway. Last year I called them to ask them to plow our street because I couldn't get my stroller through to get my son to the bus...they came the next morning and plowed. I am not sure if the will do this for the pathway, but it is worth a try...especially if you stress how many people use it.

[ttremble88]

One other thing you could try is calling the City and asking them to plow the pathway. Last year I called them to ask them to plow our street because I couldn't get my stroller through to get my son to the bus...they came the next morning and plowed. I am not sure if the will do this for the pathway, but it is worth a try...especially if you stress how many people use it.

Oh, I did!!! When I first realized that they were not going to plow, I sent them a message stressing how much young children depend on this pathway to get to school as well as how many younger siblings need to walk with their parents to get the children to school.

The response? There is not enough funds and they do not have the proper equipment. And that the city does not maintain pathways though the winter season I was under the impression that they would use the same plow that they plow our sidewalks with...I suppose not. I am hoping because this is a new development area that next year, they will realize the importance of this pathway.