Snow!

There were five inches of snow on the ground this morning. I was impressed with Mera's willingness and ability to make tracks through our unshoveled driveway in the early hours of the morning. I have to admit to being a little ditch-shy after my experience earlier this week.

Despite the added time shoveling (which is only increasing my desire for a four-wheeler with a plow attachment) and the lack of snow days up here, I'm still pro-snow. I do not have a rational explanation for why; it just makes me happier. I certainly prefer it over the freezing mud vistas that had started to become more common in my previous winters.

We have another special weather alert for tomorrow. The weather-predictors up here always tend to hedge their bets, but I really like today's announcement: "Although there is high confidence that much of Southcentral Alaska will see accumulating snow from this system, there is a still lower confidence on the exact timing and amounts of snowfall." The only thing they say for certain is that Turnagain Pass (the route to Anchorage) should expect significant snowfall again. It hasn't been a great week for travelling through there.