Living in northeastern, NC, a.ka. the "half-back" state as it is located half way between Florid
a and New York, I feel like I am truly living in the south. The accents, the barbecue - pork of course!, close proximity to the outer banks and the mild weather are all stereotypical"southern" peculiarities. And being from the north, yes, I'm a Yankee, I love all these things.
However, last weekend when we received four inches of snow I had to check my geography to see if I was still in the south. It was more like my home in northeast Ohio. Since moving to Edenton in 2005,the annual snow fall is typically a heavy dusting, barely enough to make a good snow angel and certainly not enough to break out the sled. In fact, my furniture gets a heavier layer of dust than the ground gets snow. So this last weekend brought an unexpected turn of events.
So what do you do in North Carolina when it snows (my phone wasn't ringing off the hook to view real estate!)? You drive into town and borrow your friend's snow discs. So much for the days of sleds! Instead of stretching out on a sled you fold your legs up yoga like and sit on a round circular plastic disc to slide down the hill.
However, after borrowing the discs we had to find a hill. If you didn't know, the eastern side of NC is fairly flat, hence, finding a worthy hill was challenging. So we followed the crowd and ended on the freeway overpass where you "disc" your way down the hill!! For the next hour my son and I had a blast blazing our way to the bottom of the freeway hill.
The funny thing about real estate when it snows is that it all looks the same - beautiful! If you find yourself in northeastern, NC the next time it snows look me up and I'll take you to the freeway overpass to try your had at disc-ing, then we'll go to my house and have some vinegar based barbecue for lunch!
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