Well, we’re off again! This is the start of a different trip for us as we will be moving around. In a nutshell; down to Foley Alabama then New Orleans, San Antonio Texas, El Passo area Texas or New Mexico, Casa Grande Arizona. The last few weeks are uncertain but will probably be Las Vegas, Fresno California and San Francisco.
We headed out this morning with clear blue skies, sunshine and -16C. The crossing into the States was quick, less than 2 minutes. Once there, there was no more snow on the ground, I guess the last storm we had fell as rain. However all this changed as we got close to Syracuse where the dreaded Lake Effect Snow hit with a vengeance for about 40 minutes / 3″. For those across the pond that may not know what Lake effect snow is: This time of year we can get fairly cold temperatures, but the great lakes have not yet frozen. If you get a reasonable wind blowing the length of the lake (100’s of miles) it will pick up moisture from the surface and dump it on innocent people heading south for a few months. As soon as the lakes freeze the problem goes away.
Forty minutes after we ran into the snow it suddenly cleared up to clear skies and sunshine again and not trace of snow on the ground. Here’s a drivers eye view (it was a lot worse in places).
Once through the snow it was plain sailing and we got into Martinsburg West Virginia at 1800.
Sunset on the I-81
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