Sunday, April 5, 2009

Spring!?!?

So, let's recap. Friday afternoon it was like driving through a Saharan dust storm for the 80 miles from Pagosa Springs home ... couldn't see Bodo Park from the Wal-Mart stoplight in Durango, and some folks said they saw it raining mud when moisture began to mix with the dust and blowing sand. 

The moisture turned into more than four inches of snow by the time it was done spitting flakes yesterday afternoon. Put a real crimp in the 9Health Fair that started at the school at 7 a.m. yesterday morning. Sandy and I worked opposite ends of the line, serving about 360 participants, little more than half the number that has sometimes come out.

Things were better by the time we went to the Bauer Lake Club annual meeting last night, and pretty clear when we returned. 

And this morning, right about now at 7:o9 on April 5, it's a clear sky and NINE degrees outside ... as cold a temperature as we've seen the entire winter (I think it got down to seven degrees once in December, when we usually have our coldest weather).

Springtime in Colorado! tv

2 comments:

The Retired One said...

Isn't spring something? We have the same kind of thing happen here in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan..one day in the 40's, the next night in the teens...we are SO waiting for Spring!
(sigh!)

Anonymous said...

Sandy, when Dan and I were headed to Monument Valley, we got caught in a dust storm and ended up safely finding a place to turn around not too far out of Kayenta (spelling??). WHAT A NIGHTMARE THAT WAS!! We had two dogs with us so finding a motel (I think there were 2 in town) that would allow us to have our dogs was a treat! Fortunately it didn't turn to snow!