Snow in Waco 2004

I left the house at 0700 hrs. and headed to Waco. I took about 150 pictures. Click on the picture to see the full size image.

I woke up at 0500 hrs. when the dogs started crying that they had to go out. I looked out the window and could not believe it had snowed!	I woke up Elfida and told her to get up and look outside. We were in February already and the weather had been extremely warm. There were no clouds. The haze was from the moisture coming off the ground. I looked up and could see the moon.	You can tell from the street that the ground was still warm. The snow was already melting.
I figured we had about four hours to take pictures before all the snow melted. Traffic on IH 35 was moving at 75 MPH.	It looked like we were going to end up with a clear sky. The landscape looked like something from up north.	It looked like a winter wonderland. It was so quiet, so peaceful.....
The snow clung on to everything. This is just off the IH 35. The sun hadn't made it over the horizon yet, so everything had a blue tint.	The sun started to come out and it painted the clouds gold and red. This picture was taken at about 0730 hrs.	I made it to the fire tower by the Brazos River. I climbed up to the top and took a series of pictures. Later I stitched them together and got this panoramic picture.
I was the first to walk across the bridge that morning. I noticed that someone had ridden a bike across the bridge already.	The eastside of the river walk was a strange sight. The concrete sidewalk had retained enough heat that none of the snow stayed on. You can see the duck standing on the concrete keeping his feet warm.	The Waco suspension bridge.
My tracks stand out on the white snow. I walked across the street, took some pictures and then walked back across. I ran into my own footsteps.	The view from the eastside of the river.	One duck is on the sidewalk and the other one is by the tree. The wind was colder than the ground or the water.
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