treebound, I wish it were like that here, where the snow doesn't melt and refreeze and remelt. The surface ends up with patches of ice and frozen slush and bare pavement.

Yeah, I've been to Florida in Winter before -- January 1986. I watched the Space Shuttle blow up because it was so cold - and yet I went to the beach that afternoon. Only 45*F, but at least the water was warm.

BTW, it has been over 80*F the past two days here in Cleveland, so Pbbbbbbt! :p