Summer Weather Hits Maine

18 February 2010:

We're heading to Maine for our annual mid-winter vacation. It appears that a new ice-age has descended upon the Piedmont and daily temps have been higher in New England than here in the mid-Atlantic region since the beginning of January. For all my loud-mouthed friends up in Maine who would dispute this, check the facts. I do - on a daily basis. I also check three or four Maine webcams daily. Right now it's almost 50 degrees just south of Portland and my thermometer on the deck is reading 38. So much for global warming - well, maybe in Maine. But all seriousness aside, we will head up there soon. There is nothing prettier than Maine in late winter. No mosquitos. No tourists. No noise. No constant harangue of Beltway politics or congressional accusations of who-shot-John. Just peace and quiet in the big Pine woods as we edge toward Easter.