I had heard something similar about Colorado, that the western side of the Rockies never get as much snow, or something to that effect. Huh, you learn something new every day. :)

Sadly, as much snow as we get, my county is horrible about getting the roads cleared. The next county up, beautiful clean roads, same with the next county down. Ours, could get less snow than either one and have crappy roads. ah well. And yes, give me snow any day over ice. *shudders*

And yes, we do have a video camera. My parents bought us one for our anniversary when I was pregnant with Miss Thing. The trick is to not let her know you've got the camera out. I went six months without shooting a single shot because you just pick the thing up and suddenly she's in your face wanting to play with it. Same with just the regular camera. she knows exactly what those things do and that she's the cent or attention when they come out. lol