Sunshine again!!

What a beautiful day!

We put up with days of snow and shoveling and gray and shoveling and icy roads and shoveling ... and then the sun comes out on the fresh snow and it is just glorious! (And our thanks to all the guys and some gals who drove plows night and day to keep people and goods moving!)

The temperature dropped to about 8 degrees overnight, the sky cleared, the stars and moon shone down and in the morning, dawn's golden rays illuminated Point Lookout brightly.

We went to Meeting and found that it was colder again as we crossed the Animas River into Durango and they had more snow than we did. After meeting, the kids were walking on the snowpiles, pushed way up above the cars.

I couldn't help thinking the solar panel made the winter bucolic scene with the cow so Colorado! On the other hand, at lunch we were next to what I guessed were college students. One was telling the others that there are different breeds of dairy cows, just like with beef cattle. He didn't know the names of any of those breeds, but he was sure it was true. I guess Fort Lewis isn't an Aggie college any more!

Ski Hesperus! After so much fresh snow and on such a beautiful Sunday, the little local ski hill between Durango and Mancos (Hesperus) was swarming with big and little snow bunnies. What a beautiful scene, with the La Platas gleaming across the valley north of the highway!

It's always reassuring when we come down off Mancos Hill into the Mancos Valley and see Point Lookout jutting into view from the south with the Sleeping Ute beyond, winter or summer. Sandy's evening shot of this in a warmer season is our signature shot for FeVa Fotos.

Finally, at the top, while our mornings are brightened by the sun gilding Mesa Verde, our afternoons let us thrill to the La Platas rising above their forested western slopes. tv