The First Sunday in March

First Sunday in March...took this photo during a Sunday morning motorcycle ride in Concord, NC. Interesting city which is located some 20 miles NE of Charlotte, NC and is the 12th largest (as of the 2010 census) in North Carolina. It is the home to many of the NASCAR race teams (most of the rest are nearby in the region) and the home to Charlotte Motor Speedway. The #1 tourist attraction in the State, the sprawling Concord Mills Mall is located in Concord, NC (though to be honest I prefer the Blue Ridge Parkway and Asheville, NC) and there are some great roads and interesting places to explore in and around the area.
It was a tough weekend in the area, there were some tornadoes in  Harrisburg, NC (real close to Concord) , and there was some serious damage to quite a few houses. Course it could have been worse, I used to live in the Louisville, Kentucky area and on Friday some heavy damage happened to some nearby Southern Indiana towns and cities. No one died in Harrisburg, in Southern Indiana they were not so lucky. It has been a very strange winter in the nation, the first days of March were some of the ugliest days of the season so far. Thoughts go out to everyone who was impacted by these terrible storms. Once again, this week has seen temperatures in the 80's, thunderstorms and tornadoes, and now tonight as I write this Richmond (where I am as I write this) is under a winter storm warning with the possibility of one-two inches of snow tonight. Go figure! Spring officially starts just a few days from now-can't wait to see what that will bring!