Snow Days

Thwarting Cabin Fever

Snow started falling Tuesday
and didn't stop until Thursday.
This is my back yard - my fence is 6.5 feet tall.

My arms, shoulders and lower back aren't going
to let me forget how heavy spring snow can be.

This coyote, photographed during my snowshoe trip
in Rocky Mountain National Park BEFORE the storm,
doesn't appear too thrilled to pose.

Sunset in Nederland,
which later received an incredible 72 inches!!!

Rocky Mountain National Park
AFTER the storm.
The roads had not been plowed,
so I didn't get very far.

A warm place to huddle.

Snow on Lumpy Ridge began melting
before it stopped snowing in Denver.

Red Rocks
AFTER the storm.
Do you see something other than rock, trees and snow?

"Nanny Nanny boo boo! You can't reach us!"

Pictures I Didn't Get
(the journalist in me never dies)

Loose release avalanches east of Kittridge

Residents of Kittridge and Evergreen snowshoeing to the grocery store

Only 1.5 feet of the top of downtown shops in Kittridge visible behind the snow

"Please Plow Us$$$" signs along the highway

A family shoveling together with graduated shovel sizes,
mom & dad using full-fledged snow shovels,
kids using garden shovels,
toddler using a plastic toy beach shovel.

Cherry Creek running full for the first time since last spring.