What McKay Day Could Have Looked Like

When I raised the prospect at the March meeting of the Akron Railroad Club of seeing snow on the April 2 Dave McKay Day in Berea, some in the audience grimaced. It was as though they thought I was jinxing the event.

In fact, there was snow on McKay Day, although it didn’t arrive until the mid-afternoon hours.

We were fortunate, though, that our outing in Berea was on April 2 and not April 9.

I spent a few hours in Berea on Saturday and not only was there snow on the ground and in the air, but the temperatures were in the high 20s.

It might have been chilly on McKay Day, but it was downright cold the Saturday following.

There has been snow and even heavy snow on McKay Day before, most notably during the first one and during a subsequent outing. But recent years have seen early April being dry and even pleasantly warm.

But not this year, though. Here are a few scenes of what might have been had the ARRC annual outing in Berea been the second Saturday in April this year.

Article and Photographs by Craig Sanders

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