Driving In Whiteout Conditions For All You Snow Loving Romantics!

Several of you wrote to me and tell me

"I am LONGING for snow".

Now, while I understand your longing

for the ROMANCE of a snowy day,

the REALITY is sometimes

pretty scary.

I picked my granddaughters up from

school 2 hours early.

There is a lull in the storm.

The first wave of snow has passed

and the snow plows have made

a pass through the roads.

My daughter meets me and the girls

at STARBUCKS

and we decide

to go take a peek at the work being done

on their new home about 15 miles out.

We visit the house and head back to

her car-which she has left

at Starbucks.
I know- surprise, surprise!

I am driving when the storm hits

hard and fast.  
I pull into the grocers 
so my daughter can get a few things.
She races through the store
and then comes rushing out.

She cannot keep her eyes open

against the snow and wind.

We continue our journey home.

I drop her off at her car and keep the kids

in my car so that they don't have to get out

and transfer cars in the storm.

I drop them off at their house and head home.

It is usually a 5 minute drive.

This day it takes almost an hour

and I can't see where I am going.

 I don't dare stop because

there might be someone behind me.

This is what a white out looks like.

See the top picture on the right?

Squint and you can see a STREET LIGHT.

Do you see it?

Sometimes you get a pocket of calm
where you can see a bit. (lower left)

However, mostly you are driving on roads

like the one on the bottom right.

Twelve hours later I look out the window and

see that my deck table now resembles a

SNO CONE!

I actually LOVE the sculptured
look that it has, don't you?

AND-
I see that my feathered friends
have made it through the storm
and are back at the feeders
in the morning light.
This was taken through the window
so give me a break on the 
photography lessons today.

So-all you  Southern gals that want some snow....

Come visit me and I'll take you for a drive....

It will be scarier, and more fun,
 than any amusement park ride....

Pinky Promise!

ps.  We'll go to Starbucks!;>)