So, I arrived to DC last Wednesday, the...3rd? I'm not too positive, but anyway, today is the 13th (which means I leave tonight!)
Last Friday saw the beginning of 25 or so inches that hit DC, and pretty much put the city to a standstill. The snowball fights were epic, even the one outside of Thurston where some passerby who's car got hit decided it would be a smart idea to pull a gun...
Anywho, the snow was pretty outrageous. I haven't uploaded any pictures yet, but when I do, those of you who aren't from the east coast or aren't there currently there will understand why DC sucks with snow...
The Federal Government was closed for 4 days. 4 ridiculous days. Kaitlin arrived to pick me up on Monday, several days after the last flake fell, and the roads weren't even close to being cleared. As I was driving up to New Jersey with her, we drove on the parkway that connects Baltimore and Washington DC (which, I assume, is one of the main roads federal employees take to get to and from work. The road conditions on that ONE ROAD were absolutely horrible.
What makes it worse, is that EVERY OTHER ROAD IN MARYLAND WAS PLOWED TO PERFECTION. 4 days of paid vacation for federal employees, thats all it was. Seeing that ONE SINGLE HIGHWAY not plowed and seeing that the rest were completely cleared was the biggest load of crap I've seen in a long time. It was abundantly clear to me that federal employees simply wanted to skip work, and that this one major road simply wouldn't get plowed to ensure a few paid vacation days. What were they thinking?
So, here I am in the wonderful state of New Jersey. I'm in central Jersey, which has proven to be beautiful in both summer and winter. The 3 feet of snow on the ground here still looks amazing with the surrounding woods, and having seen snow on the beach for the first time on my life, it really is pretty up here. Can't say the same to industrialized Jersey to the far north and far south, but I hope that those areas don't put people off, New Jersey really is something of an awesome state. And this is coming from me, a midwesterner, a Missourian!
It could just be that I love the east coast...
I leave in less than 12 hours. I am so excited! 7 hours to London, 11 hour layover, and then 14 hours to Cape Town.
Will update soon! Hope I have some readers!
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