LAKE VILLA Tuesday Mar 5 2013 Diane Chuen of Lake Villa starts out on her snow shoes for a 3-mile walk with her dog Buddy Holly at Duck Farm dog park in Lake Villa.| Michelle LaVigne~Sun-Times Media

LAKE VILLA Tuesday Mar 5 2013 Robert Simpson and his dog Nugget make the trek up the hill at Duck Farm dog park in Lake Villa. | Michelle LaVigne~Sun-Times Media

LAKE VILLA Tuesday Mar 5 2013 Charlie, completes another lap around her owner Erwin Goldberg of Gurnee and fellow dog park patrons, Scott Schwankl and his 10-year-old daughter Abby, at Duck Farm dog park in Lake Villa. | Michelle LaVigne~Sun-Times Media

GRAYSLAKE Tuesday Mar 5 2013 Felipe Acosta of Waukegan clears the sidewalk outside of the Lake County High Schools Technology Campus. | Michelle LaVigne~Sun-Times Media

Rory Wagner uses a snowblower to clear his driveway along Brookside Court in Libertyville. Wagner said "I been out here for about 10 minutes but I am just trying to stay a head of the storm." | Thomas Delany Jr~Sun-Times Media

Rory Wagner uses a snowblower to clear his driveway along Brookside Court in Libertyville. Wagner said "I been out here for about 10 minutes but I am just trying to stay a head of the storm." | Thomas Delany Jr~Sun-Times Media

Teagan Murphy (right) helps her mother shovel the driveway off Buckingham Drive. | Michael Schmidt~Sun-Times Media

LIBERTYVILLE Tuesday Mar 5 2013 Ed Downing of Libertyville fills a cup of hot chocolate from the back of his SUV at the Old School Forest Preserve sledding hill. | Michelle LaVigne~Sun-Times Media

LIBERTYVILLE Tuesday Mar 5 2013 Snowy conditions did not deter the families for heading to the Old School Forest Preserve sledding hill. | Michelle LaVigne~Sun-Times Media

Tracy Murphy of Grayslake (left) braces herself as her daughter Teagan, 5, throws a surprise snowball at her mom while shoveling the driveway off Buckingham Drive. Tracy said that she likes the snow because it is not so dreary. | Michael Schmidt~Sun-Times Media

LIBERTYVILLE Tuesday Mar 5 2013 Eighteen-year-old Patrick Slade of Libertyville starts down the Old School Forest Preserve sledding hill on a "sled bike" he made with some friends out of an old BMX bike, and small skis bought at Goodwill Thrift Store and mounted with wooden blocks. | Michelle LaVigne~Sun-Times Media

LIBERTYVILLE Tuesday Mar 5 2013 Seventeen-year-old Reed Griffiths attempts to ensure that his winning streak is maintained as he holds back his competition, 17-year-old Erin Maher, who is holding on to the third racing "competitor," 17-year-old Julia Marks at the Old School Forest Preserve sledding hill. | Michelle LaVigne~Sun-Times Media

Elisabeth Martin of Grayslake walks with her mixed breed dog Penny, who is 4-years-old and loves the snow, down Buckingham Drive. | Michael Schmidt~Sun-Times Media

Ryan Hayes, 7, (left) and Jameson Loeffler, 12, (center) watch as Griffin Hayes, 12, all of Grayslake, make a goal off Merrill Lane as they play hockey in Hayes' driveway. | Michael Schmidt~Sun-Times Media

After making a goal (from left) Griffin Hayes, his brother Ryan and Jameson Loeffler celebrate as they do after every goal. | Michael Schmidt~Sun-Times Media

A snow plow makes it way going north on Route 45 north of Data Drive between Third Lake and Gurnee as roads start to become slick Tuesday afternoon. | Michael Schmidt~Sun-Times Media

LIBERTYVILLE Tuesday Mar 5 2013 Ray Hiscox of Libertyville keeps an eye on his kids as well as some of their friends he brought out for some sledding at the Old School Forest Preserve sledding hill. | Michelle LaVigne~Sun-Times Media

3/5/13 Highland Park city crews clean the sidewalks on St. John's near Central in Highland Park on Tuesday. | Joel Lerner~Sun-Times Media

3/5/13 Highland Park city crews clean the sidewalks on St. John's near Central in Highland Park on Tuesday. | Joel Lerner~Sun-Times Media

3/5/13 Highland Park city crews clean the sidewalks on St. John's near Central in Highland Park on Tuesday. | Joel Lerner~Sun-Times Media

Kim Keaskowski of Round Lake Beach (right) and her niece Brianna Keaskowski, 7, of Round Lake fly down the hill at the Round Lake Area Park District's Hart's Hill Park in Round Lake. | Michael Schmidt~Sun-Times Media

Trying to sled down together include (in no particular order and not all visible) Brandon Chebny 18, of Lake Villa, Chris Martinez, 17, of Round Lake, Tyler Frank, 18, of Fox Lake, Elliott Marr, 18, of Fox Lake, Devin Gomez, 17, of Round Lake, Ra-Anne Sutschek, 18, of Spring Grove, Troy Skinner, 18, of Round Lake, Austin Gaylor of Ingleside, Joe Dibartolo, 18, of Lake Villa, Brittany Rygiel, 16, of Wadsworth, Chris Carch, 15, of Ingleside, Tommy Nettleton, 17, of Round Lake Beach, and Simeon Lucas, 17, of Ingleside at the Round Lake Area Park District's Hart's Hill Park in Round Lake. | Michael Schmidt~Sun-Times Media

Flying down the hill on a small sled (from left) are Katie Bronken, 14, of Round Lake, Chelsea Johnson, 17, of Fox Lake and Kelsey Hoxie, 17, of Round Lake at Round Lake Area Park District's Hart's Hill Park in Round Lake. They said "It's great. We got a snow day." | Michael Schmidt~Sun-Times Media