I'm supposed to be in the south!!

Here I am, just moved to Virginia from Utah where I gloried in the fact that I was leaving Utah winters behind me. So yesterday it snows 8"! It's cold and gray and this snow is not going to be melting off really quickly, I'm afraid, like everyone always says. And it's even worse here, because nobody really knows how to drive in it and the city/county governments don't have the equipment to clear the roads. All the schools are closed and a lot of the businesses tell their people they don't have to come in. Wow.

Virginia is still beautiful, though. There are so many trees and they are all covered with blankets of white. It's breathtaking--and so is the cold! But, I'm assured, this is not very common here, and the kids have been having a ball playing out in snow that comes up to 3-year old Arya's knees. So, in the end, it'll be worth having some big snowstorms once in a while here to get the taste of all four seasons and to be reminded that winter is a LOT worse in a lot of places.

I am content.

Why "New England Traveler"?

I named this blog "New England Traveler" because I have traveled so far from New England! I've lived all over the United States, and usually have visited where I haven't lived. I haven't traveled outside the U.S. nearly as much as I would like to, but I have visited Canada, Mexico, England, Scotland, and Wales. Someday I hope to visit many other places in this big, beautiful world of ours.

One thing I know--everywhere I've ever been, there has been something about the place I have loved. Some more than others, but every place has something wonderful and unique about it. I think I'll use this blog to reminisce about some of the places I've been and things that happened in my life there.

This is definitely a work in progress.

Hi! This is my very first attempt at a blog. I've heard so much about blogging and other types of social media, I've decided to try it. Now all I have to do is think of something to write about!!