first snow
It’s snowing in Portland.
Few things bring out the unabashed kid in everyone like the first (only?) snowfall of the year. Wikipedia tells us:
Snowfall is uncommon [in Portland] with a normal yearly accumulation of 4.3 inches (10.9 cm), which usually falls during only two or three days per year. Portland has one of the warmest and least snowy winters of any non-SunBelt city in the United States, with more than 25 percent of its winters receiving no snow whatsoever.
The locals are eating it up.
This morning I walked a few blocks to grab a bagel and a latte and everywhere I turned someone was stopping to take a picture or two. The barista had a twinkle in his eye and a grin on his face: “I can’t wait to get out there and play in this stuff!”
This afternoon I took a run through the neighborhoods and countless families were cruising the (empty, un-plowed, unsalted) streets on their sleds, toboggans and yoga mats.
Kelli and I have only lived in places where it definitely snows (Utah, Vermont) and it where definitely does not (Angola). So it’s fun to be in a city where winter really comes but one or two days a year.
Just stay off the roads.
