Snow, Snow, Thick, Thick Snow!

  Bit disconcerting to see this from our bedroom balcony this morning as we have a bit of a drive to get down to Portland from Bar Harbor. Yesterday was lovely and sunny but there's now a snowstorm. Thankfully the snowplow's out (note US spelling!) on the hotel driveway and we can hopefully get going in a short while. The weather forecast is fairly fine tuned - according to the accuweather website we have 77 minutes of snow left before it eases off.

We'd seen plenty of snow ploughs when we finally got out on the road this morning but did a double take when we saw a school bus doubling as a snow plough. Obviously the bus drivers have to do additional training for this!

http://www.coolrunning.com/results/14/nh/Nov8_Roarin_set1.shtml tells me that I was 45th in 2.07.09 and first V60 at last weekend's Roaring Falls Trail race. This weekend we have an American style cross country in a park in Portland - I think I might have just about recovered.

Beer of the week has to be this stuff. Most of the other US microbrews are fairly hefty - 6% and above! But we found this nice brown one at several places locally - it's brewed on Mount Desert Island and is about 4.5% so much more like what we're used to. Much of Bar Harbor shuts down 'for the season' and this even applies to Atlantic Brewing's sister brewery the Bar Harbor Brewing Co. We've skipped the lobster here but will have a go when we're further down the coast.