More snow expected this week

A record 15.9 inches of snow blanketed Coeur d’Alene on Saturday from a storm that began Friday afternoon, prompting quiet, snowy walks along the lake, hours of shoveling and sledding that often turned into doing summersaults down Cherry Hill.

Larry Walters, a park maintenance worker, woke up at 4:30 Saturday morning and spent all day with his co-workers removing snow from the sidewalks and parking lots around McEuen Park.

“It’ll take us all day today,” he said. “And we’ll be back in the morning.”

Across town, Jimmy Siemers was enjoying a fun day sledding on Cherry Hill with his 5-year old daughter Zoey. Toward the end of the day, they built a snow castle, and Zoey was queen — never too shy to tell someone where her castle needed improvements.

Seimers said this is their first winter here, and they’re excited for all the snow.

Press Meteorologist Randy Mann said Seimers and Zoey are in luck because more snow storms are expected this week/ Bethany Blitz , Coeur d’Alene Press. More here .