Ice Storm

 

I thought when we left Montreal that we had left winter behind. We arrived in Columbus to snow, and more snow, but just before leaving, it melted. On to Kentucky where we were hoping at least for some warm hiking weather. Well, people keep telling us that we are bringing the snow with us. It rained, it hailed, it froze, it snowed, and, well, the pictures tell the story. Many people lost power, Matt and Amy flooded their lower property and Eric had to evacuate his things using a tractor, we got stuck in a couple of places including Matt and Amy's (thanks to Wes and Tanya for dragging us out). Trees were down all over the place, we could hear them falling in the woods all night. All along roads, even the highways had some trees down on them. It was incredible. Reminding me a little of the ice storm in Montreal so many years ago, on a much smaller scale, but because they're not used to this weather, the effects were more intense.
We made it out for some hiking to check out the carnage. It was incredible to see.

We spent a couple of days with Thalia and Aaron, seeing many of our Kentucky friends before heading down to Knoxville to visit our friend Spencer who will be helping us with a new project. By tomorrow we will be in Alabama and Sunday Mississippi. Already, it is warmer, there is green grass, we spent the night in the van last night and life is good.

Check out the photos of this ice storm..

http://picasaweb.google.ca/tjkuenzli/KentuckyIceStorm#