Quote Originally Posted by Karen View Post
Hee hee - Paul was at an event yesterday held at a Marriott near here. One of the people commented on "the lake" out in front of the hotel.
"That's not a lake," one woman explained - that's the Charles River."
"But, how can it be frozen? Don't rivers have a current? Doesn't that keep them from freezing?"

Yes, he was from Florida.

I am sure are glad to be back home, but welcome North whenever you are! Winter has its own kind of beauty, up here where the rivers can freeze.
It would probably blow his mind to learn that we drive on frozen rivers all winter. Much easier to get around.