tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post4624222552943287544..comments2024-03-11T16:29:13.619-05:00Comments on Lingwë - Musings of a Fish: Vermont — There and back again (an independent scholar’s holiday) [Updated]Jason Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05809154870762268253noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-31648129276491358622007-06-15T13:38:00.000-05:002007-06-15T13:38:00.000-05:00Yes, and we got off at the wrong exit because the ...Yes, and we got off at the wrong exit because the signs were all snow-covered and illegible! It's a good thing we had the GPS, isn't it?<BR/><BR/>As for Le Robo, I'll think about writing a post about that. I have the feeling some of the humor may be lost of anyone who wasn't actually there, but perhaps not.Jason Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05809154870762268253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-49027850951647450532007-06-15T13:29:00.000-05:002007-06-15T13:29:00.000-05:00It really was abysmal weather, even by New England...It really was abysmal weather, even by New England standards, but it's also true that the Texan perspective on these things is a bit skewed. Jason, never having been in a nor'easter before, was basically acting like Bruce Willis in "Armageddon," daring Mother Nature to bring it on. Now I'm a Texan as well, but I've lived in the Boston area for ten years of my life -- long enough to know that snow, while beautiful to look at, is generally a pain in the ass.<BR/><BR/>Well, anyway, Jason found that out the hard way. To top things off, after a drive from Montreal that was about three or four times as long as normal (where we had, literally, only the ruts left in the snow by previous cars to guide our way), we ended up getting off at the wrong exit near Burlington and just barely making it to the aforementioned Tibetan sanctuary.<BR/><BR/>By the way, Jason, don't you think another post is in order -- sur Le Robo? :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-27593911564096350132007-06-13T18:30:00.000-05:002007-06-13T18:30:00.000-05:00Shows what little I know of snow. I would have bee...Shows what little I know of snow. I would have been totally SOL on Caradhras. ;)Jason Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05809154870762268253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-11483289267460197852007-06-13T18:21:00.000-05:002007-06-13T18:21:00.000-05:00Latitude, schmatitude. Cleveland is farther south...Latitude, schmatitude. Cleveland is farther south than Rome.<BR/><BR/>And lake effect is more important early in the season than late, when much of the lake surface is frozen.N.E. Brigandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17601573470596905112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-44962593085979698412007-06-13T16:43:00.000-05:002007-06-13T16:43:00.000-05:00How much of that is lake effect snow, though? You'...How much of that is lake effect snow, though? You're on the southern edge of Erie, I believe. And you're at about the same latitude as my friend Gary (Boston), but even <I>he</I> called it unseasonable! For me, of course, even a slight dusting of snow in December or January is unseasonable. *snort*Jason Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05809154870762268253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9050528436539921312.post-68064687482441416452007-06-13T16:34:00.000-05:002007-06-13T16:34:00.000-05:00"The conference takes place in April, but the weat..."The conference takes place in April, but the weather this year was miserable. It was unseasonably cold and rainy for most of my trip..."<BR/><BR/>I don't know: given that Cleveland has occasionally seen trace snowfall into the first week of May, I don't think this year's weather in Burlington, a couple hundred miles north, was particularly unseasonable. I walked two miles from the bus stop to my hotel (and back) with only a light jacket and no ill effects.N.E. Brigandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17601573470596905112noreply@blogger.com