We finally had our first snow! It really looks beautiful. The county schools are all closed, so my daughter gets a surprise day off. Although morning commute traffic was quite light, I can't say I got to make "first tracks", as the roads were covered with abouut a quarter inch of brittle ice. More like "first cracks" or "first stud pits", neither of which sounds nearly as romantic. For the first time in a month, there was no sound of carbide studs on dry pavement as I rode.

Paul