A Family Walk to the Subway

Katie and Todd had booked three nights at the downtown hotel where his parents had their apartment. This is something they usually did each time they visited Buffalo. We kept Stella at our house while they were in the hotel. Their first night was Wednesday and they were planning to drive by home on Saturday morning after picking up the dog. The driving ban was still in effect on Wednesday so they packed some things up and decided to take the subway downtown that afternoon. They had several backpacks and Todd loaded them on a sled and the five of them would walk over to the subway station. I decided to go with them to help with the kids. 

So on Wednesday afternoon we got all the stuff on the sled and began the trek from our house over to the station on Main Street. It took us awhile getting through all the snow banks. We walked down our street, over Russell to Greenfield for a block and then on to Amherst. The first streets were no problem. Lots of people were on the blocks digging out there cars and driveways. We had a lot of comments and people asked us if we needed any help. Amherst Street was more of a problem because most of the houses were rental properties with sidewalks not shoveled. Except for Dave's house. We had to cross the street and make our way down Amherst. A pickup truck stopped and offered to take us all to where we had to go. We said thanks but we were just going another block to the subway station. 

We finally made it to the station after about a twenty minute trek which was about twice the normal walk there. I went in with them and we took the elevator down to the tracks. Once they were settled then I left the station. The train came about five minutes after they got there and they had no problem getting downtown. Their destination station was right in front of the hotel.

I walked back home but avoided Amherst St and went back Vernon and Fairfield to Greenfield then back to Crescent. It was a lot faster without the kids, sled and backpacks. 

I got home and went back to digging out.