What’s up with the weather? Seriously? 60 degrees and sunny - in Feburary - in the Rockies?! While I love the 360 days of sun you give us here in my little corner of the world, and I love the bug-free summers, I would appreciate a little snow in the winter. You see, I’m a Minnesotan at heart, and I LOVE winter and snow. I love sledding down the road, and builidng luges for the kids in the front yard, and having snowball fights, and bundling up so you can get cold and drink hot chocolate when you come in, and lighting fires in the fireplace. And believe it or not, I even like shoveling snow - except for that time a couple winters ago when you dumped multiple feet of snow on us every friggin’ weekend for 6 weeks - that was a bit much to shovel, but I did love the snow. And I did get a snowblower out of it. But since then, I’ve used it about 5 times . . . because there IS NO SNOW!
What happened to snow days? Weekends where you can’t go anywhere because you can’t get out of your driveway? Seeing those rosey apple cheeks and red noses on the kids when they come in from outside?
A little snow would be nice. And not one of those upslope dump a boatload of snow on you in 24 hours but be 60 degrees out the next day so it melts while you shovel in shorts and a t-shirt. No, A LOT of snow for a few days would be good. Heck, a lot of snow for a few weeks would be good! It is winter in The Rockies afterall. There’s plenty of time for warm summer days in a few months.
Sincerely,
Missing Winter
Want snow? Come to Minnesota tonight because tomorrow we are suppose to get nailed. The forecast is for freezing rain that is suppose to leave a 1 inch layer of ice on everything followed by a boat load of snow and 30 mph winds that result in 0 visibility!! Love…Mom
Sounds like there’s more boarding opportunities for us in MN than in CO! Sheesh!
Move back to Minnesota! We are going to a family funeral tomorrow (160 mile drive) and the weather man is predicting 6-10 inches and winds.
We would be happy to have you closer and spoil our wonderful grandchildren. We are Minnesota Nice and are willing to share all our snow.
Hi from SNOWY Green Bay. We have had record snow this year, and yes, we are having fun in it! Grandma Sue gave us snow shoes and the whole family is having a blast with them. We live within a 5 minute drive of two wildlife preserves that have groomed ski and ungroomed snow shoe trails. I do miss the sun, but everything has a trade off.
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