This past Sunday, December the 13th, was predicted to be icy, and sure was it. The weekends are always busy in the Poconos with tourism in both the summer months and winter months it can make for crowded roadways. What made it especially traffic laden this weekend was the ice that arrived in the morning hours on Sunday. In the higher elevations it started out as sleet … [Read more...]
First snowfall in the Poconos, no I’m not joking
It gets me every year...just when I think that snow can't begin, or end, too late here it comes. It's just barely mid-October, it's the peak week for the fall changing of the leaves and what's this? From my weather.com email alert: "AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES FARTHER OFFSHORE THE INTENSITY WILL LESSEN OVERNIGHT AND ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD COME TO AN END DURING … [Read more...]
Ice Storm
I haven't kept up too much over the past few months but hope to get back into some sort of steady blogging because I do enjoy being able to share our view of the Poconos with you, the reader :) Here are some pictures from an ice storm from this past winter, not to out of the ordinary I just love to go outside once its settled and look around at how the ice has effected all … [Read more...]
Its Freezing….Literally!
Whew, it seems like we just got into the fall season but winter is definitely right on its tail. When we left this morning there was frost on the ground, the windshield and when I got into the car it said it was 31 degrees! If you haven't yet winterized your plants its definitely a good time to start. Check out this plant hardiness zone map and take notice if you've just … [Read more...]