We get very little snow in this part of Texas, maybe a brief bit once or twice a winter -- and none last year -- so the first day we had an inch of snow I bundled up and took the mountain bike out for a skid on the nearby open fields.

Alas, the airborne flurries had stopped by the time I got outside. But it was fun to ride in a little snow for the first time since I was a kid 50 years ago. Not slippery at all, surprisingly. Dunno if it was because the snow was perfect powder, or the cyclocross tires were well matched to the snow. I tried locking up the brakes but everything still felt like a typical dry cold day.

Hoping it snows again this winter. Some years we'll get a bit as late as early April. We'll see.

Today the temp reached 80F, and was still in the low 60s by the time I got home at 9 pm from an evening ride.