Supposedly there is a major snowstorm going on down south, but isn’t it our luck that none of it hit Tennessee. Not even a flurry. Down south, anytime there is even the hint of a flurry in the forecast, everyone runs to Kroger and gets bread and milk. Happens everytime. If there is an inch of snow on the ground, everything shuts down – schools and businesses close, and Snow Bird has a heyday. I remember a while back when a snowstorm happened on a Saturday night. The next morning the snow watch were announcing all the churches that were cancelling services. The problem was that EVERY church was calling in…probably for the free publicity. It didn’t matter if the church only had 50 members and all of them knew that services were closed. Every church called in. I think the next time it snowed on Sunday, the TV stations decided not to announce church closings.
Let’s hope this cold weather holds out for another week. I don’t want a spell of hot weather to melt the snow in Paoli. Paoli is well known as being a great big ice patch in the middle of Southern, Indiana. I’ve been to Paoli about half a dozen times. My love for Paoli stopped once I went to North Carolina to ski in 1997. Paoli may be a good place to learn to ski, but I’m ready for some better places. Total driving time to Paoli from here is 4 hours 42 minutes. Total driving time to Boone, NC, is 6 hours 15 minutes. That is just 93 minutes longer for much better skiing. I’ve been trying to convince the planners of the ski trip to go to a different location, but they will not even consider it. Their argument is that Paoli is small enough to keep up with everybody. Also it is easier for beginners to learn to ski and less likely that they will accidentially go down a difficult ski slope. I figure if people cannot keep from going off a black diamond, then they shouldn’t be on a ski trip.