All right, I must grudgingly admit that the two of you look so cute all decked out in (or is it on?) your snow shoes that it actually made me smile. My big thrill of the day was that an entire day of temperatures above freezing in NYC might have actually melted an inch or two of the approximately two feet of accumulated snow here which has been on the ground for over a month. (I cannot believe that it was only December 26 when we got our first serious snow of the season, which is still with us--whine, whine, whine. I know I am tiresome.)
Lovely snow pictures though and I am glad for you that you got your walk through your winter wonderland. (Your winter wonderland unfortunately has turned into my worst nightmare of city living.)
It was downright balmy here today too; I think it even cracked 40! ;)
You could not pay me to put up with snow in the city. Last year, when we got 3 feet, some streets in Baltimore were not touched for weeks. I'd have no problem with snow all winter up here. But in the city? Where it clutters the streets and sidewalks and is pitch black within a day?? No thanks. Your "whining" is fully justified, imo!
Gorgeous! We don't normally get that much snow here, maybe once a decade. (Of course, there's a chance we may get an inch of ice on Tuesday/Wednesday. Rather have the snow.)
I thought people weren't supposed to eat snow for water consumption?
Yeah, Bobby just came into the study all pie-eyed with dire predictions about the upcoming storm. We're also supposed to be getting ice, not snow like they were originally predicting. I may get a snow day before I even have a chance to meet my students!
I've never heard about not eating snow--it sure worked for me! :) With air pollution, it's probably not a good idea to make a regular habit of it, I'd imagine.
Eee! Ours is only a chance-- it's likely going to be rain. *crosses fingers* I hope it isn't too bad for you!
The way Dad explained it is a survival thing. It's better to scoop snow into a flask and let it melt against your body than eat it because it takes more energy to thaw and use it, and makes you colder internally.
Okay, that makes total sense! Snow amounts to so little water to start, it would take a lot of energy to get enough water, if you were really thirsty, I'd imagine. I think our 14 inches only consisted of 1.2 inches of liquid precipitation once Bobby melted it down. (He tracks our precipitation for a weather monitoring project.) I was mostly just hot, so the cooling effect worked quite nicely for me! :)
For future reference (from someone in the snow belt) a shovel and kitty litter in the trunk or back of the car is a must when driving in 12"+ snow. Glad you got out all right. We have a lot of intersections and driveways that are ice fields right now and traction is questionable in many of them.
Looked like the area for your hike was wonderful, so it was all worth it.
My friend who first told me about the kitty litter is also from the snow belt! :) She now lives not quite in the same town as me but the same zip code, so she educates we snow-inept Marylanders in winter survival each year. We plan to replace the landscaping pebbles with a fresh bag of kitty litter asap ... especially since we're due to get an ice storm this week. We usually stick a shovel in the back of the car but didn't even think of it this time, since we were only a mile from home. (The good news being that if we hadn't gotten the car out, we could have easily walked home and waited for the eventual thaw; this is still Maryland, so that wouldn't have been a terribly long wait! :)
The walk was definitely wonderful--since I didn't have to push the car up the hill, I won't say it was worth the effort taken to get the car out of the parking lot but will leave that judgment to my poor husband! ;)
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Lovely snow pictures though and I am glad for you that you got your walk through your winter wonderland. (Your winter wonderland unfortunately has turned into my worst nightmare of city living.)
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You could not pay me to put up with snow in the city. Last year, when we got 3 feet, some streets in Baltimore were not touched for weeks. I'd have no problem with snow all winter up here. But in the city? Where it clutters the streets and sidewalks and is pitch black within a day?? No thanks. Your "whining" is fully justified, imo!
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I thought people weren't supposed to eat snow for water consumption?
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I've never heard about not eating snow--it sure worked for me! :) With air pollution, it's probably not a good idea to make a regular habit of it, I'd imagine.
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The way Dad explained it is a survival thing. It's better to scoop snow into a flask and let it melt against your body than eat it because it takes more energy to thaw and use it, and makes you colder internally.
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Looked like the area for your hike was wonderful, so it was all worth it.
- Erulisse (one L)
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The walk was definitely wonderful--since I didn't have to push the car up the hill, I won't say it was worth the effort taken to get the car out of the parking lot but will leave that judgment to my poor husband! ;)
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PS. Thank you for sharing the pics.
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