I lived in Pennsylvania, Wash State, Texas now I am in Florida, been here 10 years. I am so so so so very sick of the same scene day after day, week after week and year after year. I think hurricane season is the only season we really have. I remember the weather dropping down to the 60’s and my friends wouldnt sit outside on the patio at dinner, me I wanted the cooler crisp air and not to sweat for once and feel fresh and clean longer. I do love some things about florida but I also miss looking out the window and seeing something different and looking forward to boots and sweaters and a new coat, then packing away shorts and tees and so on. I miss christmas feeling like christmas. Oh fall how I long to see a fall again. I actually day dream about walking in a coat and scarf and being able for once to wear something that I knit for others. I dream of the boots crunching on brick pathways … Of well a girl can dream cant she? Enjoy it there, they have some of the most lovely people in Utah and well you never know where you will be down the road, lucky you getting to have an adventure with someone you love.
Snow!?!
I wanted the cooler crisp air and not to sweat for once and feel fresh and clean longer
Boy…how I can relate! Altho I don’t have the humidity and the temperate weather here is almost to die for much of the time. (In MN there might be 1-2 days/yr that were swoonworthy. Here they happen all the time.) But I also miss being able to ‘assign’ events to times of the year. Back in the Midwest you recall something based on what the weather was like at the time. Here, and with my aging memory, so difficult to remember when something took place when every day is so much like all the others. But I certainly don’t miss the long, dark, frigid winters or the sticky, mosquitoe-y days of summer.
It’s also somewhat pointless to keep making sweaters…one of my fave things to do!..when I have so few opps to wear them.
You should also remember to be prepared. You should have winter gear in your car that will enable you to walk a mile comfortably. Hat coat gloves socks ect… It should all be within reach of your seat. Oh, yeah, don’t forget your flares either.
And snow boots too… A blanket and some water and snacks wouldn’t be a bad idea either… just in case.
As a Floridian myself I understand how you feel. As a trucker though I have to get out and play in that crap every year. I have learned how to dress for it as I spend a lot of time during the Winter out chaining/strapping down loads in cold weather.
As for driving in it, a couple of tips:
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If you’re not confident driving in it…don’t.
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Take your time.
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Leave yourself a LOT of stopping distance in front of you and treat your brake pedal like an egg you don’t want to break with your foot. Very light braking pressure.
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Take turns at about a quarter or less the speed you would on a dry road.
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If you drove on the wet road in Florida then you already know pretty much everything you need to know. It’s just a lot wetter and somewhat more slick.
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Don’t drive on ice at all, it isn’t worth it.
[COLOR=“Blue”]My husband worked near Salt Lake a couple of years ago & boy did he ever see snow that winter! Our son & I flew up in January 2006 & we drove up into the mountains & played in it like little kids. We get so little of it here that we really enjoyed it. I mean, there was more on the ground up in the mountains than we get all winter! :mrgreen:
I was a little worried about driving in the snow too, but there wasn’t as much in town while we were there. They do a great job of clearing the roads up there by the way. [/COLOR]
Most places that get measurable amounts of snow do keep the roads cleared pretty well, however during the storm and just after can be difficult. During, because it’s hard to see, and right after because sometimes it can take a while to clear it off, or like here in WY, the wind blows it around.
LOL!
I’m from Iowa, and I LOVE snow. Not a fan of driving in it, but I don’t freak out about it because I’m used to it. Before I got my liscense, my dad took me out to a parking lot and forced me to skid, do donuts, and so on.
An old roommate of mine had just started dating a guy from South Carolina when we got a rather nasty sleety snowstorm. They and some friends were going somewhere on the other side of town, and he called to beg her to pick him up. She told him, "You have a truck, you’ll be fine. Just don’t panic."
Two days later she visited his house for the first time… its on one of the steepest hills in town and his truck is 2WD… Well, lets just say he’s no longer afraid of driving in snow.
A couple of years ago we had 8 inches of snow fall overnight (we’ve had several overly warm years, though last year was WAY snowy). My dad couldn’t stand being snowed in, so he backed his truck out of the garage. He got to the street, which no longer gets plowed, and got stuck.
Snow can be dangerous, but it is beautiful and cold and sparkly. If you know someone who knows how to drive in it, you might have them take you out to a parking lot and show you what it’s like. BUT if the snow is deeper than a few inches, just don’t go out.