Photos by Jim Ritch –
Snow fell across the Eastern Shore of Virginia last weekend. Photographer Jim Ritch captured Cape Charles in the snow.
- It takes a team to snowboard with a golf cart. From left are the Jones Family team, of Cape Charles: Ryan, 15; Luke, 14; and Ben, 9.
- Kevin Fallon, of Smith Beach, came to St. Charles Catholic Church very early to shovel the walks, so they’d be dry and safe in time for the 5 p.m. Saturday mass.
- With Cape Charles’ water tower in the background, Kevin Fallon, of Smith Beach, shovels sidewalks around St. Charles Catholic Church.
- “This is just her kind of weather,” says Katie Driscoll, of Cape Charles, as she kneels to pet her dog, Maisie. A Newfoundland also known as “Bear Dog” for her size, Maisie opted for a break from walking and lay down in the snow.
- Alex Parry, of Cape Charles, a former town councilman, clears the snow from his car using a scrub brush.
- Ellen O’Brien, who grew up in snowy Massachusetts, pauses from shoveling her walk.











