A day late for a "White Christmas" and no snow in the forecast caught everyone unaware! What started out as rain, turned into snow! It was our first snow of the year and the first snow we had had in Arkansas!So what did Don and I do once it started to snow? We headed out the 14 miles to the house to see it snow there! We almost turned around when we had only gone about 2 miles and had to stop. Seems that someone had already gone off the road and was sitting sideways - stuck! It was only the first of many we saw along the way! It only took a few minutes before the volunteers (fire department?) were there directing traffic and working on getting the truck unstuck!
We had about 5 miles to go when it started to rain and there was no evidence of snow! By the time we got to the house it had just begun to snow! It took some time, just like it did at the campground before the snow started to stick, but before we left
it was starting to accululate! We didn't stay long since we didn't know how long it was going to snow and we are complete novices when it comes to snow! Headed back to the campground where it was still snowing. It became very apparent to us that the area from Fairfield Bay to Shirley gets more snowfall than Greers Ferry.Just a short time before we headed out we lost our satellite signal. We didn't really think too much about it, I didn't even think about snow accumulating on the satellite, just figured that the weather was affecting the reception which
often happens when we have very heavy rain. When we came back...still no signal. I decided to try putting the dish down since it had stopped snowing and it should have worked. Guess the snow had accumulated on the dish and then froze to it! I tried putting it partway up hoping that the angle would let the snow "slide" off. Seems like a decent idea to me. Well, didn't work! I put it up and down several times, angling it this way and that by manually positioning it, but nothing worked! For those that know Don well, you know that he LIVES by the t.v.! Not tonight! We ended up watching a couple of DVDs that we hadn't 
seen before! There's only so much solitaire you can play on the computer! I have LOTS of things I can do when I don't have Internet or t.v. so I wasn't worried about it!The next morning the snow was already melting away! When we went to the house you couldn't even tell that it had snowed there at all! The satellite dish still wasn't working so I had Don go out with a hose and rinse it off! Next time it snows and we are in the motorhome I'm going to put the dish down early! Don and I both know his dad is looking down at the Cadillac thinking my poor car! It's always been kept in a garage and now here it is covered in snow! Hopefully it won't be long before it's in the garage and not getting snowed upon! :-)
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This was just a good Arkansas welcome to the former Californian's. :->
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