[flu189]

It's 0400 dark thirty on the 4th of March with the temp at -2 and I'm ready to head out the door enroute to Northfield. Whats not to love. At least I know the bugs won't be out, but my truck sure is not loving this cold.

[GypsySoul22]

For anyone moving up here, you have to remember to have more clothes.! I dress in layers and sometimes use 2 pairs of pants when outside for too long...you know, jeans under sweatpants sort of thing...3 shirts...

Once upon a time I liked the cold, too...

Anyhow, it's better than sweating in 90F, I guess.

[seanpecor]

Originally Posted by flu189

It's 0400 dark thirty on the 4th of March with the temp at -2 and I'm ready to head out the door enroute to Northfield. Whats not to love. At least I know the bugs won't be out, but my truck sure is not loving this cold.

Everything is relative. You can acclimate to any climate if you set your mind to it. It's relatively cold down here in Boones Mill, Virginia too. It dropped down to 17F overnight and will only rise into the 40s today. That is notably colder than normal. Our only snow for the entire winter is busy melting off less than 2 days after it fell. But as a Vermonter, transplanted to SWVA 5 years ago, I'm already sick of winter, even though winter didn't really set-in here until January. I'm done with it. In two weeks, all of my early spring blooming perennials will be firing up. I'll be mowing the 1st week of April and loving it. Right now, tree buds are all swelling and have the orange tinge that foreshadows Spring. If I think about living back in Vermont right now, a chill runs up my spine, because on March 4th I'd still be 11 weeks away from my average last frost date. I'm not sure I'd be able to completely re-acclimate back to a Vermont winter, but I suppose there are southerners who migrate up North would could then never re-acclimate to a southern summer.

Sean

[Former_Yankee]

I could not stand Vermont winters! I was born and raised in Vermont and I could not wait to get out! I have lived in many states. Arizona, Oklahoma, Michigan, and now North Carolina. I love the weather here in North Carolina, aside from the occasional severe thunderstorms. You could not pay me enough to ever move back to Vermont!

[Sherylcatmom]

Originally Posted by Former_Yankee

I could not stand Vermont winters! I was born and raised in Vermont and I could not wait to get out!

That's so funny! If you replace "Vermont" with "South Florida" and "winters" with "summers," that's my life story. Even as a young child I knew I'd move to a cold climate ASAP. And here I will stay. Good thing there are lots of climates for all of us to choose from.

[mustmove]

Originally Posted by flu189

It's 0400 dark thirty on the 4th of March with the temp at -2 and I'm ready to head out the door enroute to Northfield. Whats not to love. At least I know the bugs won't be out, but my truck sure is not loving this cold.

No kidding I feel bad starting worthless beater cars when it is that cold. Just seems cruel.

[unconscious]

stop bragging flu 189 your making me enviious.{sp}its all the way up to 18 up here.dont hardly need a coat.got to sleep with a window open.....

[unconscious]

Originally Posted by Former_Yankee

I could not stand Vermont winters! I was born and raised in Vermont and I could not wait to get out! I have lived in many states. Arizona, Oklahoma, Michigan, and now North Carolina. I love the weather here in North Carolina, aside from the occasional severe thunderstorms. You could not pay me enough to ever move back to Vermont!

i remember being on the rifle range in a nasty cold wind in nc.

[GraniteStater]

Not to be a downer, but I see signs of a strong warming trend for all of the Northeast over the next several days. It is March so anything is possible...

[pabear]

Bring it on! If it isn't going to snow anymore it might as well be warm Enter the fifth season...mud and more mud. My father made syrup for most of my childhood so this time of the year brings back a lot of memories. The smell of sap in the evaporater and daffodils popping up (in the grocery store)....it's Spring (or at least it is to me).

Originally Posted by GraniteStater

Not to be a downer, but I see signs of a strong warming trend for all of the Northeast over the next several days. It is March so anything is possible...