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Originally Posted by jcwade

We're in the mountains and woke up snowed in. Absolutely fantastic!
My wife, from Russia, does not think it is winter without snow. But she grew up in Murmansk, above the arctic circle. Now she is happy.

And our new dog loves the snow. He eats it and jumps in it and has a great time.
The only bad thing is he gets so excited that he pulls on the leash and almost pulls me over if it is icy.

And I assume you're like me that if the family (wife and pup) are happy, then you're happy. Wow, Murmansk, very cool and interesting.

I love the snow because I have never had to work in it. As a kid in upstate NY, it was playtime. As an adult in SoCal, snow was where you went to ski. Now, as the owner of a mountain cabin, I have to shovel the driveway, or I can just stay down near the coast.

But I feel for the people suffering from the horrible winter throughout the country.

That's pretty much me. I'm from FL, so not really any snow experience there. But when dad went into the Navy, we moved to northern Japan where I had lots of experience with snow as a kid. We went back when I was a teen, so I did a little shoveling then, but only remember the fun. When we lived in NoVA, we got snow a couple of times, but that mostly meant that it was play time. That gave me a little experience driving in it since I was a teen by that point. If it snows here, the world comes to a stand-still, so I don't have to worry about anything, and it melts before I'd have to do any shovelling.

Yeah, there are folks that have had to deal with some crazy weather this winter.