In Falls Church, VA ... 8 miles west of the White House...and it's really weird looking outside...all the shrub and low-lying tree branches are bent way over, creating a shrouded white/grey landscape that defies description...I've never seen anything like it...
I suppose it's pretty...but it's too strange looking for "pretty" to sink in...
We're due to fly down to Disney tomorrow (Sunday)...flight is scheduled to leave at 11:30 am...can't tell you how hard I'm hoping the plane flies (even if late)!
The big challenge will be getting to the airport...the storm is forecast to end by tonight, so I suspect the main roads will be driveable by the 8:30 or 9 a.m. time I "should" leave...but there's a mile between me and a main road...and it's a mile of rolling hills (that resemble mountains in this weather!)...I plan to walk it if my street isn't plowed...I may arrive at Disney w/basically nothing (other than my absolutely required laptop--I have to work next week--which weighs 7 pounds and will feel 10 times that by the time I hike out to the main road, I'm sure)...
That's ok...I need a new wardrobe of Disney t-shirts anyway (grin!)...
Leaving behind my dog w/a 25-year-old guy (friend of DS) who will watch him for me the five days I'm gone...he's already volunteered to do all the shoveling out that will be required Sunday-Monday...makes me VERY glad we invited him (and he came) w/us on our Jan trip...he's so happy to have a way to "thank us" for that and I'm so happy I don't have to worry about dog or shoveling once I get out of town!
Wonder if things will still be in a state of paralysis when I get back Friday, 2/12? This is a monster storm/pile of snow...hard to see how DC, which really does not cope at all well w/snow, will be back to anything like normal in "only" five days!