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I headed up to Price County Thursday afternoon to clear my access so I can the snowmobile trailer in, and to attend an evening Town Board meeting for the Township where our property is located.

All started well enough – a pleasant 3 hr. drive, got my generator and heater going, and got to the shoveling with a warm cabin waiting for when I was done.

That grey sky you see in the picture is the first hint of what is to come. The meeting was to be held just 5 miles down the road, a 55 mph. county highway, but by 6:30, the snow was coming down thick, so I geared up and headed out a bit early. Out on the road, it was near white out conditions, with little visible but a ridge on the right of the road indicating where the banks from previous snows vaguely revealed the track I needed to stay on. Needless to say, I was not traveling at the posted 55 mph, and my focus on those little visual cues available was intense. It took a full 15 minutes to make the 5 mile trip, and I don’t believe I topped 25 mph the whole way.

As I was sitting in the meeting, my mind wandered a bit, and I started to calculate how long it would take me to get home … if it normally takes me a little over 3 hours, and the speed limit for most of the way is 65 and 70 mph, and I’m going to be going 25 … and the meeting ends at 8:30 p.m. … (almost like one of those math problems from middle school!) Well, I concluded that no matter what way you do the math, I would not be getting home until Friday.

Well, as it happens, a little luck was on my side.

This question came up in a client meeting this week, and I've had this same conversation dozens if not a hundred times, so I know this is an area that everyone needs to pay a little more attention to.  The safe deposit box.  This would be that little metal...