Snowstorm '09

For those of us who live in the Northern East Coast, a major snowstorm hit us hard over the weekend. It started early Saturday morning as I was driving home from the Cage show in NYC the night before. I drove until my eyelids started to get heavy and then pulled into the Thomas Edison Rest Stop on the Turnpike where I was in and out of sleep for a couple of hours. Once the sun came up I woke up mad cold, turned on the heat in my car and drove back down the Turnpike, then onto the Parkway and by the time I got back towards Asbury Park the flurries started to come down. As soon as I got home I crashed for a couple of hours and then woke up, looked outside my window and the ground was completely covered in snow. It was about six to eight inches at the time. I decided to get bundled up and then walk around and take some pictures. I got the camera from out of my car and noticed the batteries were all dead so I went to a little coffee shop called the Barbaric Bean here in Ocean Grove.

I got a hot chocolate and recharged my batteries for about an hour while listening to the horror stories of customers as they came in. Little did they know at the time what it was then is nothing to what it is now. After my hot chocolate and one good battery fully charged I walked around in untouched snow for about an hour taking pictures in and around town.

I went by the historic Great Auditorium, walked around the neighborhood and then decided to brave the elements and check out the beach. This was the first time I had ever seen the beach covered with snow. It was so beautiful and I'm sure that the words I use to describe it will never do it justice but the way that the wind was blowing the snow along the sands of the beach made it look almost post apocalyptic as if I was walking along the shore in the book, The Road, or something.

After that I came back to the house and took a nap (which I never do, must have been tired) and then this time when I woke up it was up to my knees deep. It was dark out and I had not eaten, nor did I have any food in the house so I took a walk to Dunkin Donuts and got myself two coffees and two bagels. Took a couple more pictures at night and then came back home. Here is a link to my photoset on Flickr of the storm.