A couple of years ago we went to Yancey County for a live Christmas tree. We had a lot of fun: the weather was sunny and nearly 60 degrees. Libby wanted to do the same thing this year. The weather was snowy and 25 degrees.
We set off anyway. We got to Burnsville just as their Christmas parade was finishing up: got stuck in traffic and everyone was doubly anxious because snow was falling like crazy and sticking everywhere. We stopped for lunch to mull it over. We decided to persevere on, with the proviso that we would turn around if there were any driving issues. We started up (UP) Highway 197 to get to the farm we wanted to revisit. About a mile in the road was slicked up and a couple of cars ahead of us had stopped, dead in the road. We slid around a little also and ground to a halt. A salt truck came by and salted the other lane; didn't help us a bit. We sat for about 20 minutes until volunteer fire fighters pushed us off our snowy spot. We turned right around and crept back down the hill.
We stopped for a tree at another farm near town, in the valley. We'll try to get back to our first choice farm another year. When it's warm; and when it's sunny.
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