Fall or Winter?

Well folks on the east coast are a little confused right now about which season we are in. Is it Fall or Winter?

Last weekend I planned Fall Festivus for myself and some friends from work. What is Fall Festivus you ask? Well it was a weekend packed full of all the fun things to do in the fall. On Saturday we went apple and pumpkin picking followed by a delicious dinner at the Long Valley Pub and Brewery. They have the most delicious Pumpkin beer! After we were throughly stuffed we went to Schaefer's Farm for 45 minutes of sheer terror. It started with a hair raising hayride that dropped you off in the middle of the woods for a treacherous trek which lead to massacre maize and lastly you had to make your way through the carnival of chaos. It was actually decently scary and in between our screams their were fits of laughter. On Sunday we did a hike up High Point Mountain to see all the glorious fall colors. It was a beautiful sunny day and the blue sky nicely contrasted all the red, orange, and yellow leaves.

The weather this weekend however was a bit of a shock when I woke up on Saturday to find a winter wonderland with snowflakes rapidly falling from the sky. The Nor'easter that was predicted indeed arrived and we got about 5-6inches of snow and temps were in the 20's at night. Brrr!!!! While most people threw the covers back over their heads I was actually excited for the snow and went running out to play in it. Turns out Kona loves the snow and he loves chasing and catching snowballs even more. After our morning romp it was time to start getting ready for the big Rutgers football game. Rutgers vs. West Virginia, in the middle of a snow storm! Call me crazy but yes I went and stood in the snow cheering on Rutgers until I couldn't stand their terrible playing any longer and left right before the game ended. It was a great game until the second half and then it all fell apart. By the time Sunday came the snow had stopped and most of it was starting to melt. The storm left behind a lot of down power lines and many broken trees but it was pretty for a little while.