So here I am. November first. There's about six inches of snow on the ground, and rumor has it that it will continue off and on through out the week. I have mixed feelings about snow. I like the clouds, the overcast if you will. I really hate snow fall though, and I really hate driving while it's snowing. My overall concern is that there are alot of morons in this area with SUV's. You know the ones, cost $60 dollars to fill up at the gas station, have big fat tires, and a width the size of a small car. 95% of the people who get behind these things thinks it makes them invicible. It sorta does. See in an accident, a collision that is, if the car is at all smaller than the SUV it will be utterly demolished and the occupants rather mangled. While in the SUV the occupants will be a bit bruised and bedraggled. The acception is a roll over, roll over suck for anyone, even SUV's. So there is an entire group of people who are confident they're not going to get that hurt in a vehicle in which they drive. They also feel the vehicle makes them impervious to snow. No one is impervious to snow. I realize that fact. But the SUV's drive like they are impervious to snow. So driving in the winter, when snow is falling particullarly, is irksome to me. I try to drive cautious, slightly safer than normal. There a others, usually in smaller cars though not always, who are doing like wise. Then there are those who are oblivious to the slick conditions, or who are driving SUV's (usually one in the same). The make me mad.
Now once the snow has fallen, once it's on the ground. I don't mind it. The roads a cleared off, not as slick, often not slick at all. It's great. The snow is beautiful and I enjoy it. I like winter because it's cooler than summer. Considerably. I like the cold. I don't like it too cold, but I like it colder. I have an easier time control my comfort temputure in the winter. I bundle up, in layers. If it gets too hot, I take some off. If I get too cold I put some on. I don't mind the extra wieght, hell I hardly notice, so it doesn't bother me to be thicker in layers. The summer, I'm always to hot, and there is only so much you can take off without a knife, so....
Any way for those of you here in Utah, and in other snowy places, please drive safely and responsibly this winter. Enjoy the weather, and if you ski, please be considerate to those who don't on your way up to the resorts. For those of you in areas that just get slightly cooler in the winter, well, I don't really have anything to say to you about that.
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