No Mo' Sno'!

It's that time again when records are broken and even anticipated. Unfortunately, the records we are breaking are not the kind to be proud of: winters of Olympic-sized proportions. It seems no matter where Becks and I move too, mother nature is not far behind to dump snow in record-setting amounts (maybe we deserve gold medals).

You may recall back in March of 2008 in our first few weeks in Cleveland, OH, we experienced blizzard-like conditions one weekend that dropped approximately 20 inches of snow, the biggest storm Cleveland had seen in 30 years. We went on to have the greatest regional snowfall season of all time.

Nestled safely in the Shenandoah valley in central Virginia, Charlottesville usually gets no more than a few inches of the fluffy white stuff each year, often enjoying winter temperatures that average in the 40s. In fact, C-ville gets so little snow, that some school systems virtually removed snow days from this year's schedule. Maybe we should have told them we moving into town. Twenty-two inches of snow appeared practically overnight on December 19th, 2009, making that the largest December snowfall ever for our new home town. But wait, there's more! In the last 2 weeks we have had a barrage of snow storms that have generously donated over 2 feet of snow, closing schools for the last 14 days--most reopening just today, President's Day. Once again, this snow season is the largest on record. Thomas Jefferson would be proud.

Also pictured is "Mt Barracks", the largest snow pile I've ever seen, topped with the American flag. This snow depository was created in the Barracks Shopping Center just down the street from us. I can't even imagine how the bulldozers were able to pile the snow that high. My guess is that it won't be totally gone until our aniversary, April 23rd. What are your guesses?