Let It Snow

I took these photos in Beech Mountain, North Carolina. While everybody else travels south for the winter, we travel north in search of snow. To our delight, when we arrived at this small park a few miles from the ski resort, everything was covered in snow. For native Floridians this is most definitely a treat.

Woody loves the snow. Even though he had a winter coat, he chose not to wear it on this day. At one point he took off into the woods on his own, and of course the kids chased him but he just kept running. I did not panic. I waited by the truck, called him and he came "a runnin" hoping I would quickly warm his cold and wet feet. I did.

After all the snowball fights and posing for pictures, we hurried to the truck, turned on the heater and started removing wet coats, gloves and shoes. This may not sound like much fun to those of you who deal with harsh winters, but for us these experiences are significantly memorable.

If for some reason we cannot find snow, then we will venture off and find it even if it means taking a back road up some mountainside...the higher the better. One year there was no snow on the ground in Tennessee and North Carolina, so my husband drove us up to West Virginia just so we could see and feel the snow. I know...sounds bizarre but it is true. We stood in the parking lot of a restaurant as the snow flurries fell on our faces and we marveled at their beauty. The kids tried to catch the flakes hoping to bring one home to show grandma. Well, the flake did not make it home to Florida, but fortunately a few years later, we took grandma up to see them herself.

Photos taken last Christmas.