Look Who's Snowed in Now...

For months before we embarked on this lengthy February driving tour of the upper midwest, friends chided us about the weather we were going to encounter. We dutifully assembled extra boots, parkas, etc. and psyched ourselves up for some extreme conditions.

With a good hard knock on wood, however, I have to report that, aside from the time when we drove into the mountains specifically looking for snow to ski on, we've barely encountered an inch on our whole journey... while the folks back home in New York City: