Spring Fever

“Temperature will be in the 80's today. Florida Spring is here.

Most GSMNP Campgrounds will open on March 14th. Cataloochee will likely be full. The campgrounds serve as bases for backpacking hikes. It is time to get ready. I may go up there in advance and start backpacking off some winter fat. IT'S SPRING!”

“good morning NS”

“After this winter, I must admit that I am also getting the spring itch.

Hey Nowslimmer, my brother in Tampa says they're supposed to get some pretty big thunderstorms today. Same for you over on the other coast? I love thunderstorms and am pretty excited about moving back to the capital of the world for them!”

“It sprang already?”

“Good morning, mapleleaf, Artex and Tilt. Yes, SPRING HAS SPRUNG! Some warm rain this afternoon will help the flowers. We just lost the sun's icon on the image, but it is shinning brightly here. I'm headed out on my bike. When the rain hits later, I can hit the health club for a daily workout and steam bath.”

“Sounds like a good way to spend the day, NS. :-)”

“What a life NS!

Have a good day”

“The day is already great. Let me share part of today's e-mail from my daughter, who is in college in Iowa:

i got the package daddy, thank you so much i love it!!!!! it totally made my
day, and the weather was really nice too, so it was just the best day of my
life it was so great.

Life has so many rewards.”

“Its been in the low 70's here. AHHH. I bought some new sandles and shorts. I am geting ready to plant my organic veggi garden Wohoo! I love spring.”

“With all the snow starting to melt, I'm looking forward to spring too. I'm not looking forward to mosquitoes and black flies that come with it though.”

“mosquitos....always buzzing here. Right now I have over a dozen bites just from yesterday!”

“70’s, 80’s spring???? Sounds like the dog days of summer.”

“No, 100's are the dog days of summer.”

“Well then you must only have two seasons, hot and humid and hotter and more humid.”

“Thats the nice thing. no humidity here in CA :)”

“California that’s different I thought maybe you were in the southeast.”

“Spring has arrived on the Gulf Coast.
My eyes and nose are almost swelled shut from my allergies.
Yuck!
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“Report to the injured reserve list.”

“I know what you mean stovestomper. I haven't had any symptoms yet but my car is yellow with all the pollen. Last year a friend from Chicago was here at this time. She has a black car and it was covered. She had never seen such vigorous pollenation in her life.”

“spring?

LMAO we still have about 8 inches of snow on the ground.

and more coming this Sat.”

“I know what you mean, SS. Many oak varieties are pollenating heavily right now. It's pretty bad here.”

“I've still got another month of winter to worry about before I even think about spring.”

“I have some yellow #&%!$ covering my car. that will stay on there for about one month...or was it 2? I can't remember. Eyes are itching, yeah... but I don't have allergies too bad. Only while backpacking.”

“Allergies suck!”

“OK, so the dogwoods are blooming here, but it snowed a couple days ago....WTF???”

“embear, flurries don't count as snow”

“Ewker, my point was that it is cold enough to "flurry" but warm enough for shiat to start blooming. Crazy Tennessee weather....”

“I saw pollen on my truck to. What I didn't see was where it came from. Maybe it's something near the gym or work.”

“I saw lots of Robins here in GSMNP yesterday. Surely that is a sign of Spring.”

“literally saw hundreds of geese in flocks of what looked like about 35 on Saturday. Maybe I just want it that bad but I never remember seeing such masses.

Also, the sand hill cranes are in town. Saw 6 on my ride .

Sure signs. :-)”

“We get muddy roads around here when spring is close. Mud season....it's right after winter's end and before black fly season.”

“3 MORE WEEKS!!!...can i getta BOOOO YEH!!??

i can't wait...it's supposed to be 60* here today...most of the 1 foot snow we got 2 weeks ago is already gone”

“Its 71 degrees outside. Going for a walk now, back after lunch.”

“Winter puss!

I have to admit that I am looking forward to some warmer weather up here as well.”

“buds bursting all over my liquid amber tree, but i don't feel like i'm done with winter yet.”

“oh, and i almost forgot, we had our first thunder storm last night too...i'd forgotten how awesome thunder sounds in the middle of the night”

“Funny thing TH, I read your post and not a moment later I hear thunder. The usual early March storm just arrived.”

“We had a good show in the weeeee hours of the morning up here as well.

It sounds even better inside a tent, as long as it is not leaking all over you.”

“we laid in be waiting for max to wake up crying...he finally did wake up, made a few excited baby noises and then went back to sleep...this kid's awesome, i can't wait to get him out camping
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“I'm ready, but I'm not certain Mother Nature is. I'm still thinking we're gonna get whomped with at least a foot of snow before spring arrives.”

“I've always wondered, how much rain is a foot of snow equivalent to?”

“Grace slept throught it as well, thank god! She has been weird the past few nights with her sleeping.

We will be trying the camping thing this summer/fall with her.”

“The answer to that actually can vary considerably, depending on the temperature and humidity at the time the snow falls. With a very wet snow, you can get a foot or less of snow from an inch of water. With a cold, dry snow, you can get as much as 3 feet or more from an inch of water. A good rule of thumb around here is 15-20 inches of snow for every inch of precipitation.

http://www.rgj.com/news/stories/html/2005/03/01/93479.php”

“We've got rain and thunder today too. The ground is still frozen solid so we have about two-three inches of slush to wade through on the sidewalks. My cast is soaked. The storm drains are frozen over so the street is quickly filling. I feel for the postman today. The five minutes I had to walk to the bus stop and put Ab on the bus was crappy enough to make me be glad to be stuck inside today.”

“I could use some more snow :)

not ready yet to go bathing suit shopping!”

“It's Spring here on the Gulf Coast.
My nose is running, I'm sneezeing, my head aches, and my eyes feel like they are about pop out.
Uggggg....”

“Aint it grand????”

“allegra :)

Im lucky I dont suffer from allergies anymore. I had them like hell as a kid.”

“Damn all the crystal meth heads for having Wal-Mart take their best stuff off the shelves!
I want my Actifed!!!! ;-)”

“Spring, eh? I just got back from snowshoeing a couple of miles. In some drifty places (trail talk?) the snow was up to my ass, but mostly I sunk no further than mid-calf. Sure is a hell of a workout. More so than hiking or skiing, I think. Spring! I'll believe it when the turds start to float in my septic tank.”