On Friday (October 28), while Barb was returning from a quick trip to California, Jon was exploring Long Island. It was a nice, fall day. The plan was to pick up Barb at JFK and then spend the weekend with our friends Nancy and Larry in Connecticut.
During the afternoon, Larry called twice to warn of an impending snow storm, possible power outages, and road closures. Lacking snow tires, we decided to skip CT and drive far enough south to avoid the snow. Stopping after midnight in southern New Jersey, we thought we were safe.
The top photo above is the view out our motel window the next morning.
We scraped 1-1/2" of snow off the car and quickly drove farther south, but the snow persisted.
In the first two hours we saw seven accidents.Our trusty GPS helped us navigate the highways, which continued to have snow along them until well into Virginia.
We finally stopped when we got to Culpeper, VA and found clear skies. The next morning it was beautiful, and as a bonus, many of the trees were spectacular:
Meanwhile, Allie and Hartford got 20" of snow. Trinity College lost perhaps a third of its beautiful trees. Two students ended up at the hospital when tree branches fell on them (no kidding).
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