Ooh! Ooh! Snow

We have been getting updates from friends on the temperature where they are now.  Florida, Iowa, Arizona and in between their destination and their home.  We feel sorry for them as they are missing some great weather up here on the mountain.  Last night it started snowing lightly and we decided to make a run to pick up some Swiss Miss chocolate mix to have on hand.  It was 38 when we left and dropped 4 degrees in an hour and began to snow harder.

This is what we woke up to this morning.  A regular winter wonderland and beautiful.  Eat your hearts out for those of you in the sun and temps in the 80s.

We have the fire going in the fireplace and it is snug and warm in the cabin.  Now, if only we have enough wood to feed it.  We do have a lot of firewood and covered some of the larger pieces yesterday to help keep them dry.  I may be splitting more firewood in the next couple days if this keeps up.

This is the view from the porch looking across the meadow across the road. I am sure this view will change as the day goes on and the snow continues to fall.  It is a wet and heavy snow and may cause power lines to snap under the weight.  If that happens, then we will move into the motorhome and turn on the generator.  We have enough fuel to last us a couple days, but I don't think it will come to that.  They are calling for snow until late this evening, so only time well tell. 

Gerry and I grew up in South Central Illinois about 45 miles from St. Louis, MO and the Cardinals baseball team was the topic of conversation all the time.  They have some of the greatest fans I have run across in the sporting world and last night the Cardinals rewarded them for their loyalty by winning the "World Series" over the Texas Rangers.  Congratulations to the Cards baseball team from a Pittsburgh Pirates baseball fan.


I will fill you in on any significant change in the weather up here, but I don't think it will be a problem.  The power has been going on and off for a few seconds a lot in the past hour and it is only 1pm.  Still snowing hard and it will cause the power lines to go down with branches hitting them and all.  The MH is looking better and better all the time. 8 inches of snow on ground as of 1pm.  We lost power at 1:40pm and it hasn't come back on.  Hummm!

This Afternoon

Snow. Snow may be heavy at times. Snow accumulation of 3 to 5 inches. Colder. Near steady temperature in the lower 30s. North winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow near 100 percent.

It is now 5:30pm, no power and the snow is still falling but at a slower rate.  I don't think there will be any more accumulation of any measurable amount.  Of course, I didn't think we would get the 12+ inches that we have on the ground now.  It is a wet snow and down below it is very liquid and is going to freeze tonight in the expected 23 degree weather.   Cassie & Jack are bringing us some gasoline to make sure we have enough to keep the generator running until the power comes back on.  ** They brought up the gas and had a terrible time getting here.  There were numerous trees down across the road and many power lines also.  Jack had to cut a 20 inch tree into pieces in order to get the last 1/2 mile in here.  The branches hanging down from the trees make it look like a tunnel and scratched up their truck.  I owe them big time.


It is funny when I hear people laugh at having problems in 12 inches of snow, but they don't have to deal with fallen trees and downed power lines.  It probably will be days before they restore power up here.  The town of South Mountain is dark all over the place.  Gerry just read where Eastern PA was the bull's eye for this storm with well over 1 million homes without power.  The utility companies are bringing crews from other states to help with restoring power.  I am sure we will be among the last to get back on line.  We'll see.


This would be a great snow fall to make a snowman since it is so wet, but this old man doesn't have the energy to make one.  If anyone is interested in coming up here and making a snowman or having a snowball fight, come on up.

Well, that was our day up here on the mountain, how was your day?

6 more days to departure!