Up North and So Forth

The other day, someone asked me if we had any snow in Maine yet. Um, Maine is not the Yukon. No, we have not had snow. I haven’t even had to scrape ice off my car yet. It has been a very typical fall here. The leaves peeked earlier than in Ohio or Pennsylvania but that has been the only noticeable weather difference.

We tried several times to go leaf peeping but I think it has rained almost every weekend in late September- October. We made several weekend plans to go to Acadia, Franconia, NH and Stowe, VT but they were all rained out. We were going to go up to Camden, ME (which was voted the prettiest small town in Maine) this Saturday—but of course, it is going to rain. We did manage to see some pretty trees, but there is less near the coast. It was disappointing—I love fall weather, leaves, etc.  Maybe next year.  

I think winter will come earlier here. I hate winter. People keep telling us that Maine winters are milder near the coast so I am hoping that is true. But, I figured if I moved north, I might as well embrace the winter. Our Christmas gifts to each other this year are going to be snowshoes and winter gear.  There is a state park about 5 mins from us that has great, flat snowshoeing trails that will be good for us beginners.  Jonathan is excited to do some downhill skiing, but that scares me because I’m really bad at stopping. Every time I’ve gone downhill skiing, I’ve had to fall down to stop. I’m hoping to take a lesson or two. I would also like to try cross-country skiing. We’ll see.