...children all across Charlotte would've celebrated the Snow Day. Half of the city would've been shut down and hermitude would've soon followed. Growing up in Chicago there was no such thing as a Snow Day. School was never canceled because of inclement weather. Two feet of snow? Go to school. Sub-zero temperatures? Go to school. Onslaught of a blizzard? Go to school. New Ice Age ushered in? Go to school. I remember many mornings bundled up at the bus stop angry because it was so cold. If my face were not frozen solid, the look on it would've almost certainly conveyed that anger.
Since this particular Snow Day was on a Saturday, I wondered how the people of Charlotte would embrace it. My wife and I went to the park to find out. After about two hundred feet into our walk through park, I was abandoned by said wife who decided to wait out the 28 degree weather in the car. I gave up walking on the sidewalk because of all the ice accumulation and just decided to walk in the adjacent snow-covered grass. I made it to the hill towards the rear of the park, and sure enough, there were sledders. I was glad to see some people actually embracing this Charlotte winter rarity and decided to document the event. Here are some shots. This was not really for photographic artistic purposes, just some good ol' fashioned point and shoot.
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