Snow!

As the weather forecast in my last post suggested, the snow has finally arrived! It came a little bit earlier than expected, by a day or two. So on Sunday we woke up to snow on the ground, and it has been snowing near constantly since. That doesn't mean that a lot of snow has accumulated though, because it is so dry and and it snows so lightly. I'd say we have a few inches at most.

Laura and I had a few errands to run on Sunday, so we got our first real snowy driving experience. It has snowed once before, but all of the roads were clear by the time we had to drive. This time the main roads were still pretty clear, but the side roads were snowy. Luckily, it doesn't seem that bad to drive in. Not that I've driven in it, but that's what Laura says...

I stayed home on Monday instead of going to campus, and Laura reported that there was mild slipping on her way home. There is a pretty good sized hill in between here and campus, and the roads were covered when she was driving. She was able to switch into 4 wheel drive and recovered quickly, but slipping is something I'd rather us avoid completely. Especially while we still have Washington plates on the car, because well.. that's just embarrassing.

Anyway, that was enough words on snow. Now for some pictures!



Sunday morning, after just a few hours of accumulation.



Ittle bittle of snow.



Also Sunday, on the way to campus.



Monday, a walk along the road to our house.



More pictures along the walk.



Walking down to the pond near our house.



The pond, nice and snowy.



Look at that evidence of the wispys! I love the wispys.



The new normal!

Luckily, even with the snow, it isn't that cold. You can be outside without gloves on for a reasonable amount of time, and I'm still good in converse as long as I wear a couple layers of thick socks. Of course I don't walk that long of distances out in the snow, and if I did I'd want more layers. But I figure it's a good sign that I feel fine when the temperature are in the teens, because that means I'm not screwed for colder temperatures. I think it's all due to the dry cold - it's great!

See, it's dry!