
❄️ It was a perfect winter scene Monday morning in Valle Crucis, a community in Watauga County. That’s in western NC near Boone.
A local man caught this footage of his dog enjoying the snow. The National Weather Service had issued a winter weather advisory for the area from Sunday until Monday afternoon because of gusty winds and snowfall.
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