Friday, March 30, 2007

Still on the topic of Spring.

There are lots of Rosy Finches at the feeders these last couple of days. They always come in a big group whenever a storm is on the way or if it's snowing. Currently, it is snowing lightly though the clouds have lifted enough that I can see Bull Hill but not the top of Mount Elbert.
Actually, the snow is great for us as far as our winter moisture goes. If you would like to see what kind of water winter we have had, here is a link to the Brumley reporting station just up the road from us. NWCC-SNOTEL Water Year 2007 Graph

Keeping track of the family, Kendrick sent a quick email to say he made it safely to London in spite of only having an hour layover for his Houston connection and landing nearly 50 minutes late in Houston. He is off on another adventure.

Thursday, March 29, 2007

Great new snow for our moonlight snowshoe this weekend.

Good Morning,
We have 2 inches of new snow here today, the sky is overcast and light snow continues to fall. This is great news if you are coming up this weekend to take advantage of the nearly full moon (full moon is April 2) with a moonlight snowshoe. Scott will be walking up the pass road Saturday night and guests are welcome to go along, check out our special at http://www.mount-elbert.com.
Other news from the lodge, oldest son Kendrick is headed of to London today for spring term at Lawrence University's London campus. He'll travel to Houston and then overnight to London. We wish him a great trip and term.

Saturday, March 24, 2007

Did I mention spring?


Good morning, This is the view out my window today! Sorry to all of last weeks spring breakers who were so wishing for some of this lovely snow. Yippee if you are headed to the ski slopes tomorrow.
We woke to 2 inches of new spring snow this morning and now have 5 inches of the white stuff with more coming as I write.

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Can it be spring?



The view out my window still shows lots
of snow on the mountains but the Mountain Bluebirds have returned to the Twin Lakes so spring can't be too far behind.
Happy Birthday Lewis!