Cheryl's Notes:

Well, we were finally able to experience a North Carolina blizzard. The warnings started on Monday afternoon that one to three inches of snow was expected to fall. Head line News: Snow was coming to the Eastern Carolinas. We had a few errands to run on Monday afternoon and stopped by the local grocery store. They were wiped out of bread and milk by 4:00 p.m. By the evening news, they were already announcing school and county office closings. We saw reports of the local DOT having their snow plow drivers making practice runs. Now understand, this was before the snow arrived. We woke up Tuesday morning to rain and sleet. By noon it had turned to snow and there was already a seven car pileup on a bridge near Jacksonville. Everything here shut down. People were told to stay home and not drive anywhere unless it was an emergency.

By the time the Inauguration was over and the balls had begun, there was a scant two inches on the ground. (The local weather news crews kept interrupting the inauguration coverage to give snow updates.) We woke up this morning to a white wonderland that will probably be gone by noon. The grass is already showing through in most places. We did have a skim of ice on the water in the harbor this morning. It gave the water a beautiful shimmer in the morning sun.

It is supposed to be back in the sixties by Friday, so we took lots of pictures while it lasted. I have posted them in our gallery. The two day event has caused quite a stir here. It makes you wonder how the locals would survive if this weather lasted five months instead of two days. Things that make you go, hmmmm.

Johns Notes:

See the above entry. That just about says it all. There isn't much I can add that wouldn't sound cynical. If this keeps up we might as well have stayed in Bayfield. The marina sure has a different look to it today. Pretty in a way. The docks are much easier to walk on covered with snow than they are with ice.

I incurred some back spasms yesterday so I'm moving a little gingerly today. My friend Paul says that it's because I wear shorts all the time and I'm getting a draft up my non-existent pants legs. He could be on to something but I'll never admit it.