Snow in general is a new concept for me. I've vacationed in the snow and love to ski and snowboard. However, I have never had to shovel it. Last week was the first time that I did, and I just about threw my back out. The snow also takes a really long time to melt, which is probably more surprising that I expected. Apparently, I thought that snow just melted away during the next day of sun.
But that's the thing, the sun is not warm here. When I wake up and come downstairs in the morning, the sun is shining more brightly than I have ever seen. I swear that part of this is because there is not such a thing as smog in Maine. However in the Bay Area, there is a blanket of the stuff obscuring every skyline. So for me, a clear day means that it is warm, there was rain and a good breeze to clear out the area the night before. This is not the case with Maine. The sun shines as bright at 35 degrees as it did at 100 degrees back in California.
