Dear Mother Nature: A Letter To Help Us Find Spring
Am I the only one wondering if Spring is taking unusually long to show up? We had a couple false starts over the past few weeks- but we’re seemingly always plunged back into Old Man Winters wrath. It wasn’t such a horrible Winter snowfall wise; I had only a few really hairy experiences for me to fondly reminisce over till next season. There was that time heading North on 81 to somewhere in upstate New York. Things got so bad for so long that I had a sneaking suspicion: I was [unwittingly] a new star on that History Channel series about truck drivers driving on ice surfaces. No need to fret my friend, I am a star, just not on a network TV show. Yet. The most remarkable instance happened heading South on 81, heading home from Watertown, NY. Things were fine and clear when I left, then I began to see those lit up roadside signs saying something to the effect of : “HEAVY SNOW EXITS 37-32 - BE AFRAID, BE VERY AFRAID.” It was an unbelievable ride to say the least. Lake Ontario was churning ...