Steve Featherkile said:
… I certainly found that out in my travels. My lovely bride doesn’t understand my reluctance to travel out of “God’s Country.” She wants to go to exotic third world places like Mexico, the Caribbean, South America, Canada, the Orient. I have no desire to visit backward places like that, though I may be forced to again some day if only to keep the peace.
Steve, Sorry, really sorry, but up here in the Great White North we only have “third world” snow at resorts that are “backward places”. 
But for the “funny part”, only yesterday a bus load of Washingtonians (from Everett) showed up at the XC center, I didn’t check with them if they inspected the snow prior to getting off the bus. All I heard was: “Wow, you sure have a lot of snow!” Nah, I didn’t ask them if they needed a passport to get across the border. Of course it is the “third world” variety of snow at a “backward” place. 
I just hope we keep getting that snow, what with the climate change and all that!
