Fresh Made Snow

Last week, I was reading Evan's Wildlife Blog (he's part of the H-burg community, see the link over there in the blog list--->). He'd mentioned snow up in the SNP, and I knew it was getting cold out there. Then came the news that the Massanutten resort was already making snow this year, two weeks earlier than usual.

Turns out that Mary and I needed to run some errands in H-burg over the weekend and drove down along the feet of the Massanutten ridge. As we approached, we could see snow gleaming in the sun up at the resort, shown in the distance in this first photo.

We decided to make a detour over to check it out - I didn't remember that they were open for snow sports yet, but I figured they wouldn't mind us taking a look around. So here are a few photos, one of Mary out there at the foot of the bunny slope, then the tubing runs, the snow board slope, and other scenery of the ski slopes.



None of the facilities were open, but the condo rentals and timeshares had their usual crowds. We ran into a family from Florida who were enjoying themselves in the fresh made snow.








It was in the 20's over the weekend, the beaver pond froze over, and there were flurries here and there. But with the new insulation and heating systems in the cabin, we were much warmer than last year. We were actually pretty cozy.

We had a successful run of errands at H-burg (including Home Depot - this one is the one all Home Depots should benchmark for service, by the way). And we stopped off downtown for a cup of coffee and "EightyOne Monthly" - the "city paper" of H-burg. Now we have additional destinations for exploring next time we're down there, including Clementine, which the "Beaver Run Brewery folks" have recommended.