We do business (as a subcontractor) for some Lousianna firms. It was fun to have one of their Jr. Engineers up here for a week a couple of years ago. Instead of complaining about the cold, she was on the phone with her mother exclaiming that she had seen “real Christmas trees growing in peoples’ yards”! And it’s true. We use the evergreens in our landscaping a lot. She’d never been out of N.O. and had never seen a spruce tree in the ground before. It was cute.
We describe ourselves as reverse snow birds. We leave the heat of the deep south seeking cooler temps. While in Mi. in late Oct, we were in short sleeves while the locals were dressed for the artic. It was about 35-40 deg. and sunny. We could feel their stares everywhere we went, I guess we looked southern. We went to the Co. Rockies in April 09 to see the mountains in the snow, and that was quite a sight to behold. This is a very beautiful country that we have and deserves to be seen and photographed.