Snowy Vancouver
I live in Vancouver and we generally get lots and lots of rain over the winter. We get very little snow. This year is very different. I heard it is due to El Nina. While I was away in Kenya in November, a Vancouver friend told me that snow had fallen shortly after I departed on my journey. I think it was November 17th or thereabouts. That is extremely early snowfall for us in Vancouver. The snow didn't last but it has snowed several times throughout the winter. Of course this is unusual too. I was out this past Friday for a walk and we had another fantastic snowfall which I was able to capture as I had my digital camera with me. You can't really tell from but there was quite a bit of snow on the ground after snowing for several hours. We are expecting more snow this week. I heard on the news that the local ski slopes will have great skiing well into April. I don't ski so that doesn't thrill me but I know it makes skiers happy and if the snow remains on the