Homesick for a place I've never lived before

Come February time, when the snow starts falling and the temps drop, I start missing New York. The past two or three years, I've been to New York over President's Day weekend. There's the story of the infamous blizzard of '03, the Gates of '05. There's something about wandering around NYC in the snow, planning what to wear so you're not soaked by the end of the day.

Delaware in a Day

About 3 and a half years ago, Kelli and I decided to hit the beach. Our destination was Rehoboth, the best beach I've been to out here within a 4 hour radius of the house. We drove on out...and about 3 hours from home, realized we were nearly to Philly. We had been to Rehoboth 4 or 5 times at that point and didn't use the map for directions. As we drove, and drove, and saw a sign saying I-95 was 10 miles in front of us...we knew the beach didn't move...but Rehoboth is 100+ miles from I-95....So, we got out the map, quickly saw we made a wrong move and that we were on the opposite corner of the state. Luckily, Delaware is small enough that we decided to just turn around and hit the beach. We drove through Dover, Wilmington and saw a lot of ghetto. We got to the beach about 4..long enough to soak some sun, lounge around, eat some sea food and do a little shopping before we arrived home after 10...a little sheepishly but no worse for wear. Plus, after that trip, we got to tell people its totally possible to circumnavigate Delaware in a day--If there was any doubt.