Of all the places I thought I'd find snow this time of year, Washington, DC wasn't one of them. Yet that's just what I found on Wed. Dec. 5 as snow reigned down on the Nation's Capitol.

Two days earlier, I was in Bloomington, Indiana for a Hoosiers hoops game before traveling to Philly to see the Penn men host No. 1 North Carolina at The Palestra, a classic, old throwback fieldhouse type venue. When I woke up at a friend's house in Newark, Delaware, an hour south of Philly on Dec. 5, light flurries were falling and there was no snow on the ground. But that all changed when I started heading to Lancaster, PA and the offices of MapQuest, one of this year's sponsors.

By the time I had gotten off the highway, a good inch or two was on the ground with more on the way. I enjoyed my time at MapQuest, chatting with employees about the Green Machine as the snow fell. From there, I headed to Fairfax, Virginia, and caught a college hoops game between George Mason and Hampton. I must have missed every accident in the DC metro area because I arrived safely at my Aunt and Uncle's house by 10 p.m. on a very eventful Dec. 5.

You can officially stick a fork in the Chicago Bears. That's because I saw them lose again, this time to the equally hapless Redskins on Dec. 6 at FedEx Field. From Super Bowl runner-up to early golfing a year later - Bears fans can't be happy. Ah, until next year, Chicago. Hey, at least there's plenty of snow to look forward to in your immediate forecast.