WELCOME LUCKYDOGGER!
I've been to upstate NY once during a blizzard. I spent several days about 50 miles South of the Canadian border. I'm from Oklahoma, so the winter weather there would be really hard for me to get used to, but I would say without any doubt that it was incredibly beautiful. Around every corner was another gorgeous picture of God's creation. I want to go back some day during a warmer time of the year. I can only imagine how beautiful it would be green and lush in the spring or summer. I also got to meet some of the kind people who live in the small villages and towns in the mountains.
I sincerely hope that you enjoy Christians Unite.
Love In Christ,
Tom
Psalms 143:8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.