Or is Mother Nature teasing us?
The snow is gone. The temp is supposed to get into the
mid-sixties today. Despite the large dumping of snow last Wednesday and
again on Saturday, the ducks are back in the pond. And for three days in a row, the sun
is shining.
Gotta be Spring.
Then again, the worst snowstorm I’ve ever been in occurred on
St. Patrick’s Day. Newly married, Hubs and I took a weekend vacation Up
North (what Michiganders call traveling north of the middle of the state). Hubs
has fond memories of time spent at a church camp near Grayling as a camper and
as business manager. On Saturday, we took a leisurely walk through Hartwick
Pines (an old growth forest) where a light snow was falling. As we drove south planning
to visit friends in Lansing, the snow increased. Traffic slowed. Cars spun off
into ditches or the median. Hubs’ knuckles turned white as he struggled to keep
our car on the road. When we passed a snow plow stuck in the median, we decided
it was time to get off the highway. Apparently, so did a lot of other people.
We got the last motel room in Alma. After that, they started putting people up
in the high school gym. And the state police closed the highway.
The next morning, the snow had stopped. The sun came out.
The highway was open. I’m sure there have been worse storms since then, but
none that I’ve been in.
Is Spring here? Or will we get dumped on again? You never
know. One thing I’ve learned about Michigan weather is to expect the
unexpected.
My latest PI mystery, The
Case of the Fabulous Fiancé, takes place around this time of year. It
starts in winter and ends with the hint of Spring. Despite the weather, Alex O’Hara
runs every day. She’s a hardy Michigan girl who doesn’t let snow deter her.
Rain, yes. Not snow. What’s putting a cramp in her investigation business is no
receptionist, phone and internet problems, and three new cases. Plus, her
boyfriend disappeared over two months ago. What’s a girl to do? She keeps on
keeping on.
