It is Tuesday on Tybee Island. It is 11:22 a.m. The sun is shining. It is 57 degrees. In Wataga it is 10:22 a.m. The sun is shining. It is 7 degrees. There is a wind chill warning. It feels like -4 degrees. Jeremy called earlier and was having trouble getting the tractor started so he could run the snowblower on the driveway. After a brief conversation he got it started and cleared the driveway. His Facebook post reads: "Driveway is done, I'm frozen, and the dogs are just laying here spoiled." There are things you don't expect to happen. Things like Jeremy running a tractor with a snowblower. When you are faced with hundreds of feet of driveway to clear you will quickly determine that a shovel is not an option. I know my friend Mike sits in Florida today and ponders life in the Midwest. One wonders about leaving family, familiar sights and sounds behind, friends abandoned to the harsh winters. It is days like today that make the south so damn appealing. I've been out in that kind of weather, and worse, running a snowblower. Fingers chilled to the bone. Ice in my beard. Snow blowing back on me and the tractor. Jeremy, congratulations on your first trip out dealing with that driveway. I am not sorry to say, "Better you than me!"
So having told you how wonderful the weather is here today it is time to share some upcoming events. In keeping with Tybee loves parades we have the following upcoming.
January 10, 2015 is the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day parade at 3:00 p.m.
March 14, 2015 is Irish Heritage Celebration Parade at 3:00 p.m. This area is a huge party on and around St. Patrick's day.
May 1, 2015 Tybee Rainbow Days. LGBT travelers will show their pride on Tybee with a series of events that includes a parade.
May 15, 2015 join the largest water fight in the south and participate in the Beach Bum Parade.
If you don't want a parade the following events are coming up on Tybee.
January 16th through the 25th is Tybee Restaurant Week. Participating restaurants will offer a 3 course, prix fixe dinner menu for $25.00 per person (not including tax and gratuity).
February 6, 2015 is the Critz Tybee Run Fest featuring a 5K, 10K, Half Marathon, 2.8 mile beach run and a 1 mile run. You can do any or all of the events. If you choose to do all five runs they add up to a full marathon.
February 14, 2015 is Mardi Gras Tybee. Come down and celebrate Mardi Gras and Valentine's Day with a costume and cocktail party, parade and a street party.
April 22, 2015 come celebrate the Tybee Wine Festival. Come sip wines, enjoy fresh seafood and other culinary delights on the grounds of the Tybee Lighthouse. Proceeds benefit the Tybee Post Theater restoration.
April 25, 2015 is the Tybee Turtle Trot. It is a 5K run walk to raise money for the Tybee Sea Turtle Project.
May 1, 2015 come down to North Beach and watch students from the Savannah College of Art and Design participate in the sand sculpture competition.
So there are your options for this winter and spring. Want to escape that cold weather up north? Bedlam in Florida? Come on down and celebrate Tybee.
Yes, my thought are with those up North. Although I am soon going to put an electric blanket on my bed because of a couple lows heading this way. This is as close as it gets to winter here. Florida is great in winter, no doubt about it.
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