Yes, a roller coaster around here, too. We've had snow here in October (generally that slushy rainy icy stuff), but usually the lake holds it off until late November. Then it can snow all the way to late March. Not long ago we had a nasty snow storm on May 5th. In '79 when we moved into our house on Christmas week it hit 70 degrees. Haven't seen one of those since, LOL. Some years I've had to shovel snow every day in January and wondered if global warming wold ever kick in around here - more like global ice age. No snow yet this year, but the you could smell it in the air, especially early morning when it's still dark - if you know what I mean.