Carolina Snow

Have you ever seen Carolina snow? It isn't what you would normally see up north and it isn't the type of snow that you want to be out playing in. This snow is a lime green color and usually starts to fall from the sky in the spring time. We had never heard of such a thing much less seen it. Well, it all started off at a normal pace. The Pine Trees that cover this vast area are starting to bud and produce this little flower on the ends of their branches. These little flowers also produce pollen and as the wind kicks up it gently stirs up the air with this lime green dust.

The locals tell me that this is just the beginning and that in a week it will be at its peak. Last night as we walked around the campground with our flashlights we noticed in the beam of the light being cast from the flashlight it looked as though it was snowing. I tried to take a picture to give you an idea of what we saw.

Over night the pollen continued to fall and by the time we woke up this morning everything had a fine layer of this lime green talc.

This afternoon the clouds rolled in and a few sprinkles fell and mixed with this talc creating a nice goo green past when you would try the windshield wipers on. Over the next couple of days they are calling for more rain so it should wash away the dust for now. The bad news is that next week should be the peak for pollen around here and I didn't bring our snow shovel. I may have to call on our RoadSide Assistance to come shovel us out. Hopefully Road Hazard will get traction in this stuff.

So now you can say that you've heard about Carolina Snow.