Chris & Maria's Blog

We took the kids (the dogs) up the mountains this afternoon. As I suspected, there was a lot more snow there than here in the valley. I would guess there was 5 to 6 inches of snow where we went. We couldn’t get to the top of the mountain, as the Rangers close down those roads. No one wants to slide off the side of the mountain, after all.

Ginny didn’t quite know what to make of all the white stuff. It was nearly as deep as she is tall. As you can tell, she was wearing her green sweater, but she still shivered a little. We weren’t out long, so don’t send the SPCA after us.

Trixie seemed to have a great time. She didn’t even notice the temperature. They both sniffed every flake of snow before letting us drag them back to the car.

I went to bed last night knowing that we had some snow flurries going on, but didn’t really give it a second thought.  Knoxville frequently gets flurries, but it hardly sticks to the ground.  Keep in mind that yesterday it was 60º F here (15.5 C).  We just don’t get a lot of snow.  So, to my immense pleasure this morning, I looked out and saw this.  Granted, it’s not a lot, but it’s some!  It wasn’t enough to even cancel school, but it’s still nice to look at.

There should be a considerable amount of snow up in the mountains.  I’ll check with Maria to see if she wants to head up there this afternoon.  Maybe we can take the dogs.  Trixie loves the snow.  If we do, more pictures will follow.