(FOX40.COM) — FOX40 is taking you from Sacramento, all the way to the heart of the East Coast, where they’re experiencing some fierce winter weather.

Bruce Phillips and Judy Kaye, from Providence, Rhode Island, landed in Sacramento Sunday evening. They were returning from a family trip to Cabo.

“Many of the guests from the wedding, not all, but many of them, were from the East Coast,” Phillips said. “Those who flew in for the wedding and we’re supposed to be flying home today — all the flights are canceled.”

According to FlightAware.com, as of 8 p.m. Sunday, at least 56 flights were delayed and 19 were cancelled at Sacramento International Airport.

Phillips and Kaye made it to Northern California, where the weather is a bit tamer than New England right now. Still, the ongoing delays across the country actually impacted them too — in an unusual way.

“Our flight was 20 minutes early and it took us 20 minutes early,” Phillips said. “I just think that since there are so few aircraft flying, there was room to take off.”

And now, FOX40 is switching gears from California’s Capital to our Nation’s Capital. That’s where Nick Baldwin and Sachin Swami took in the D.C. city views under a blanket of white. For them, air travel is out of the picture.

“D.C. Reagan airport is closed and so is Dulles.”

Swami’s coworkers were supposed to fly out West for a conference, but the weather changed the plan.

“They all had to cancel last night because it’s literally completely closed and they can’t take off,” Swami said.

In the same way that Lake Tahoe is prepared for icy conditions, up North, the snow is less of a concern, but in places like D.C., Baldwin and Swami told FOX40 that grocery stores are pretty much bone dry. They added that most major businesses are closed and overall, it’s been an adjustment.

“Roads are really horrible and people cannot drive. Yeah. I mean, I saw so many cars get stuck. If you turn the camera around, you can see another car getting stuck right now,” they said before flipping the camera to show cars struggling in the snow. “I mean, this they just plowed this road, so it’s like, this is the road.”

Swami said he saw at least 20-30 cars without Four Wheel Drive get stuck outside his D.C. window.

Whether you’re keeping it local or trying to figure out how to make it to your plans out East, people told FOX40 they’re maintaining a sunny disposition.

“I think people in D.C. are having fun with the snow. I think we’re making the most of it, we’re having a very good time,” Baldwin and Swami agreed.

“We’re hoping to go to Lake Tahoe for a few days. It seems to be the only place that didn’t get snow this week, so we’ll see!” Kaye laughed.

In an infographic on their social media pages, Sacramento International Airport urged all travelers for the next few days or so to check their flight status directly through their airline before heading to the airport.

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