Friday, December 31, 2010

Driving into a White Christmas

When I left Savannah on Christmas, it was raining-- which meant it was snowing in Greensboro. Sometimes the south looses its mind when it snows. It just doesn't snow enough for people to prepare for snow. South Carolina doesn't know how to repair the potholes in their roads so clearing the roads of snow is out of the question. Luckily, it didn't start snowing until I got to North Carolina. There are pretty much only three machines in use clearing the highways in the entire state which means there is usually only one lane that is cleared.

I don't know how to drive in the snow so I was pleased that there were a total of five people on the highway. The last time I drove in snow, I probably shouldn't have in retrospect. It was legit dangerous (Miranda, you could have died).

As I drove up to Greensboro, the roads started to look more and more like a post-apocalyptic landscape right out of a Stephen King novel. There were practically no people on the road. Because of the newly fallen snow, however, you could see the tire tracks of cars that just careened off the road. There were other cars that were just abandoned on the side of the road, slowly being covered in snow.

Otherwise-- its a lot of fun to drive in a winter wonderland (if you ignore the minor horrors mentioned above). Everything looks beautiful. Also-- it looks as if you are constantly in hyperdrive-- which is pretty great.

This is what it looks like to drive in snow. I took this picture
last time I took the Millennium Falcon out for a spin.

Now it is New Year's Eve. I can't wait for 2010 to go away so we can all start talking crap about it.

I plan on updating "Something More Fantastical" more often. There are a bunch of comics and drawings that I have been working on and want to start including on posts. Basically, I want "Something More Fantastical" to be more fantastical... starting tomorrow.


1 comment:

  1. Everything here is brilliant. And I got all nostalgic remembering how mentally challenged North Carolina is when it comes to precipitation.

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