This is a picture of the church we used to attend when we lived in Canada.
I recently did a post, Feel the crunch of the snow, where I talked about how different Canadian snow is from snow in southwest Virginia.
That post reminded me of a few people in the Reston area who are always rooting for snow storms.
There's nothing wrong with liking snow. I used to enjoy cross country skiing and snowshoeing.
There are few things nicer than cross country skiing on a few inches of pristine fresh snow on top of a groomed snow road.
The problem with snow in Reston and any city for that matter is that the snow not only doesn't come down pristine, it also gets nasty pretty quickly.
Much of that has to do with the temperature. This morning Cape Carteret where we have a second home was below freezing for a few hours. We made it above freezing by 8:30 am. We are close to 50F just before noon. Even Reston is at 37F.
Cape Carteret probably had six or seven hours of below freezing temperatures last night which is a lot for us. Fredicton, which is not as cold as Tay Creek where we lived, will not even make it half way from zero to freezing today.
That likely means that even snow in the sunshine will not melt. If you are in the far north with few cars and little heavy industry, that kind of snow can stay very pretty for extended periods of time.
That is especially the case when you often have two to six inches of flurries three or four days a week. They did not even bother plowing our roads unless we got over six inches of snow.
The winter snow was not slick, in fact traction was great. You could also slide into a snow bank with almost no damage to your car.
Most people kept blankets or a sleeping bag in their pickups (farm country) along with a chain. If you saw someone stuck along the road, you would always stop to haul them out.
I am sorry that my snow loving Reston friends haven't had a significant snow this year. You certainly are one of the few places that haven't gotten a big storm. I am sure there are some places that would ship you some snow.
Just don't send it through the ports down here on the NC Crystal Coast. I do not want to risk anything derailing those 70 degree temperatures scheduled for early next week.
