For Those That Live In Winter Season Snow-cold

As most of you already know, we lived in northeastern Florida, aka Jacksonville, for 10 1/2 years. Before moving to Florida, we lived just north of Charlotte, NC for a year. So, basically, we were out of Colorado winters for 11 1/2 years. Before moving back here, we knew that winter weather was here, but, I guess, didn't really know how we'd handle the snow/cold-to-freezing cold weather. Basically, we are handling the weather "ok", but just "ok".

This winter here is our third one, since returning here. We've been thru snowstorms and one good-sized blizzard that dropped some 30 inches of snow on us last March 2021. Last time we lived here, in a house we were buying, we live a number of miles further from the foothills-into-the mountains than we do now. We are now perhaps three miles from the foothills-into-the mountains.

Compared to back in winters of 2002 thru April 2007, when we were 18 years younger, we simply can't go outside as much now.

*******I'm wondering, for those that do live in winter weather, like what we get here, how do you manage? We are 72/74 now. One thing for sure, we don't see the Seniors, in our age bracket, out much during winters here. There are Seniors, our age and older, that do live here. ********

 

We've had a mild winter so far but that aside I go out every day even if just to get my iced coffee. I'm in southern Maine. Today we're in the low 40s The week-end is supposed to be about 20 degrees. When ever we have a storm I go out after the plow guy does my driveway.

 

Well, Al, we haven't had much of a "mild" winter so far. On NYE, we got 7 inches of snow. During the next 4 days, a lot of it melted, until the following Wednesday (Jan. 5th) when 5 inches fell. The following few days after that, our daytime highs didn't even make it to 30. We just thank God that my wife works from home for a company. We are also very, very grateful that we kept our winter parka's that we had bought when we lived here before. They were in our closet in Florida for those 10 1/2 years we lived there.

As far as going out in the cold-to-freezing temps, we have to in order to get our mail and do a parking lot pickup at Walmart.

I sort of wonder how that member from Alaska handles their winter weather there?

 

Last week we had a few days in single digits.

 

Cody, you're not complaining about the weather there, are you?

 

While it's cold up here in the frozen north and we envy those in the sunny south, their heat and humidity in the summer have them envying us. You can't win unless you follow the seasons.

 

Yes, I know, we left northeastern Florida to return here. But, after 10 1/2 years there, we simply ended up missing to much about Colorado, and surrounding states, to continue living in Florida. A 1-week visit back here in 2018, hit us pretty hard how much we did miss.

But, to tell the truth, we were never thinking about our age, and the winter weather here, when we decided to return. When we lived here before, we were younger (12 years ago) and the winters didn't bother us nearly as much. We both had jobs and drove to work and back home. Actually, I drove some 28 miles each way to work thru the winter months.

I done the thread just asking how others, that live in winter weather, handle it at this age.

 

Now, that, Ken, camping out in winter weather is what I want to hear about. One thing for sure, you sound "tough" when it comes to your winter months! Yesterday, I had to wear my winter parka to walk down and get the mail. It wasn't below zero, but it was close to 20. When I got back to the apartment, I had to take two Sudafed (nasal decongestion) for plugged up nose.

AND, Ken, we haven't even gotten into our snowiest months yet of March and April.

 

Yep, isn't that called, being a "Snowbird"? For those Seniors that can afford two homes, the upkeep of both and traveling back and forth. We know a Senior couple (my brother/his wife) and a Senior widow, that do just that.

 

Now, that is what's so nice here. It doesn't get nearly as hot in the summer as Las Vegas, Phoenix or the southern states and darn near no humidity. Very, very opposite of what we had in northeastern Florida. Then again, Florida is known as a "tropical state".

 

I hate snow and cold. Had enough of it living in Lancaster, PA. Moved to South Carolina, way better, although drivers here freak out when it does snow and gets icy roads. Don't go out much afraid of falling breaking a hip, did fall twice broke thumb taking dog out, dog too strong for me causing me to fall.

 

We knew the winter weather we were coming back here (northern Colorado) to. We're not especially fond of winter weather either, but it does come with the territory/state.

Actually, before moving to N. Carolina and then to Florida, I fell in the driveway of our house we had here in Colorado. That fall required a rotator cuff surgery on right shoulder. We decided we should move to keep from falling in snow/ice again, BUT, what happens: on a nice, sunny day in the parking lot of our apartment in Florida, I fall and that fall ended up requiring a rotator cuff surgery on my left shoulder. Neither of us ever gave it a thought that we could fall anywhere we live.