Thanks, Snowdog. I'm originally from VA, went to the UP to get my MA, worked in Detroit for close to a decade, and now I'm in North Carolina. The second shot was done in Marquette and the fourth (amazingly) is near Detroit. All of those are first place winners, and I've got a wall in my home filled (literally) with my shots.
Speaking of not happening every day ... the last shot I chased for 3 years. I knew it was there, but I also knew that it needed just the right amount of snow and just the right light. Sometimes it would snow too much, sometimes it would snow just the right amount and I'd have to go to work, blah blah blah. One Friday night the forecast called for three inches of snow and I set my alarm so I'd be up and on site at 6 am to catch that shot.