Sun 20 Dec 2009
Snowbound in Virginia
Posted by Bob under Nature, Our New Home
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We seem to have moved south to Virginia just in time for the biggest snowstorm since 1993 (and the biggest before Christmas since 1936).  With over two feet of snow, we’re effectively snowbound…and loving it. Our freezer continues to yield garden produce from last summer (today for lunch: ginger zucchini soup and yellow squash pancakes) and the snow-covered vistas are beautiful. We expect it to be a number of days before we get our car out. The snow began early afternoon on Friday and continued through Saturday. Today (Sunday) is a beautiful sunny day, but temperatures remain in the 30s, making it likely that the snow will be around for a while yet. Click here for more pictures.
The grand total up here in massachusetts was nearly a full half-inch of snow! Not quite as impressive as what you got, but I suspect we may make up for it over the rest of the season.
Yeah, this is one contest I definitely hope you win!
Hi, Bob and Monika,
Tim is right… that storm only left 3-4 inches in this part of Massachusetts.
What a wonderful web site & blog you’ve put together. I’ve enjoyed reading postings of your retirement planning, garden, and other adventures.
Happy New Year.
I was just updating my tourism planning course here in freezing New Brunswick and found your piece in Tourism in the Caribbean. You may remember you spoke to my class many moons ago. Anyway, your retirement home looks wonderful and inspires me to contemplate easing out of dear old RU!
All best for the next decade, Bria
Bria,
What an unexpected pleasure to hear from you! Yes, retirement has suited us very well, even if it’s (quite unusually) freezing down here in Virginia as well. Do plan to visit if you ever get down this way (Rutgers email remains the same: wood@rutgers.edu). Somewhat oddly for someone who got into tourism studies through travel, I’m quite content to be rooted in our little piece (5 acres) of land and our local community down here. We’ve become real home bodies! Best wishes.
Bob