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Title: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Phillip Dampier on September 14, 2006, 12:11:53 pm: ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST- CASPER MOUNTAIN-CODY FOOTHILLS- EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY-FLAMING GORGE- GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- JACKSON HOLE-LANDER FOOTHILLS- NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-NORTH BIG HORN BASIN- NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS- ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES- SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST BIG HORN BASIN- SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN-STAR VALLEY- TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS-UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN- UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN FOOTHILLS-UPPER WIND RIVER BASIN- WIND RIVER BASIN-WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST- WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST- YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK- 925 PM MDT WED SEP 13 2006

...MUCH COLDER AND WET WEATHER HEADED FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING...

RECORD WARMTH WAS EXPERIENCED AT A FEW LOCATIONS IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING ON WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER...THE WARM TEMPERATURES WILL COME TO AN ABRUPT END BY THIS WEEKEND. A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL BEGIN TO SWING INTO THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST AND TOWARD WYOMING THURSDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING UNSETTLED WEATHER TO THE AREA FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY.

TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY WILL BE 15 TO 25 DEGREES COOLER THAN THOSE FELT ACROSS THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY. MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND WILL BE 30 TO 40 DEGREES COLDER THAN READINGS EXPERIENCED ACROSS THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY.

THE BEST CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS POTENT SYSTEM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE ACCUMULATING SNOW IN THE HIGH COUNTRY...WITH SNOW POSSIBLE IN SOME OF THE VALLEYS AND BASINS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF SATURDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.

HUNTERS...CAMPERS...HIKERS...AND ANYONE ELSE PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES IN THE MOUNTAINS OR YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK BEGINNING FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND SHOULD PREPARE FOR COLDER AND WET WEATHER. STAY TUNED FOR UPDATED FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS REGARDING THIS ABRUPT WEATHER CHANGE.
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: SFEnnisSF on September 15, 2006, 12:18:43 am: Uh-oh, time ta bring 'em down.

Bring 'em down? Why?

Storm movin' in from the Pacific, worse than this one.

But that snow barely stuck an hour? Hunh?
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on September 15, 2006, 08:45:22 am: Quote from: sfericsf on September 15, 2006, 12:18:43 am
Uh-oh, time ta bring 'em down.

Bring 'em down? Why?

Storm movin' in from the Pacific, worse than this one.

But that snow barely stuck an hour? Hunh?

Never mind them damn sheep. Long's it don't keep you from flyin' a Boston next week. ...

"J.N." ;D
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on September 27, 2006, 06:47:48 pm: A little south of Wyoming, in the Colorado Rockies, the fourteeners have a magnificant white mantle now. I'll try to get a photo for you...
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on September 27, 2006, 07:01:06 pm: Quote from: Front-Ranger on September 27, 2006, 06:47:48 pm
A little south of Wyoming, in the Colorado Rockies, the fourteeners have a magnificant white mantle now. I'll try to get a photo for you...

Uh, for the benefit of us ignorant Easterners, what's a "fourteener," please? ???
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on September 27, 2006, 07:28:47 pm: Sure, be happy to. A fourteener is a mountain that is higher than 14,000 ft in elevation. Colorado has a whopping 53 of them--more than all of Switzerland!! Your FRiendly Colorado tourist bureau
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on September 27, 2006, 11:24:59 pm: Quote from: nakymaton on September 27, 2006, 11:18:59 pm
We're having Indian summer now, after some pretty impressive snowfall (down as low as 8000 feet or so) last weekend. It was really spectacular on Friday, when the clouds cleared in the late afternoon. White snow on the peaks, orange aspens and cottonwoods and oak brush below, sky so blue you could drown in it.

Sounds beautiful!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on September 27, 2006, 11:26:31 pm: Quote from: Front-Ranger on September 27, 2006, 07:28:47 pm
Sure, be happy to. A fourteener is a mountain that is higher than 14,000 ft in elevation. Colorado has a whopping 53 of them--more than all of Switzerland!! Your FRiendly Colorado tourist bureau

Thanks! Sorta figgered it has something to do with mountain height, but it's good to get an authoritative answer! ;D
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on September 28, 2006, 02:18:10 pm: First frost in my neighborhood at 7300 ft last night (Front Range of Colorado, near the North American Continental Divide). I got my rosemary and geranium plants inside, but forgot about the lemongrass. Hopefully it will make it, it was a light frost. The elk are now bugling so constantly that it's become "white noise" it doesn't even wake me up.
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on September 28, 2006, 02:43:32 pm: Quote from: Front-Ranger on September 28, 2006, 02:18:10 pm
The elk are now bugling so constantly that it's become "white noise" it doesn't even wake me up.

Wow. ...
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on October 02, 2006, 06:12:44 pm: Progress of the aspens in the Rocky Mountains~~here's a pic of my abode, circa October 1. How does this compare with the Maine scene, Leslie??

(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-8/1210035/DSCN0873.JPG)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on October 02, 2006, 10:31:25 pm: Lee, that's beautiful! I am positively pea-green with envy!

Your photo shows why I love fall--the beautiful colors of the trees, the clear blue of the sky.

Have to say, though, that even smack in the middle of Center City Philadelphia, fall can present some pretty spectacular sights. My condo is on the top floor of a 30-story high-rise (which helps with the view). Last Friday, the weather was clear after a bout of stormy, rainy weather on Thursday. About a half hour after sunset, I looked out my dining room windows, toward the southwest, and the horizon was a regular rainbow of color, from the deep midnight blue of the sky overhead, all through the spectrum (I guess) to deep, dark red just along the horizon. It was beautiful.
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on October 04, 2006, 02:33:03 pm: Thanks, Jeff! May I suggest you try a little bit different shade, such as olive green or teal? Pea green doesn't work for you, as Linda Blair could tell you. 8) So, in the picture you can see what I call my "moon viewing garden" which is a round garden in the middle of the circular driveway. I have tried to strategically place some moss rocks there in a triangular configuration as a kind of mini-Stongehenge to focus the energy. Looking for my local version of the FSU to bless it someday. Anyway, that's where I'll be Thursday nite (if the wifi stretches that far) and Friday, I'll be on the road to Durango to meet up with Mel.
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on October 04, 2006, 06:57:03 pm: In the interest of truth in advertising and full disclosure, here's another pic of my abode:

(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-8/1210035/kapu.jpg)

This one was taken on Memorial Day weekend!!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on October 04, 2006, 07:21:42 pm: Quote from: Front-Ranger on October 04, 2006, 02:33:03 pm
Thanks, Jeff! May I suggest you try a little bit different shade, such as olive green or teal? Pea green doesn't work for you, as Linda Blair could tell you. 8) So, in the picture you can see what I call my "moon viewing garden" which is a round garden in the middle of the circular driveway. I have tried to strategically place some moss rocks there in a triangular configuration as a kind of mini-Stongehenge to focus the energy. Looking for my local version of the FSU to bless it someday. Anyway, that's where I'll be Thursday nite (if the wifi stretches that far) and Friday, I'll be on the road to Durango to meet up with Mel.

Teal? Eeew. Way too gay for my tastes. ;D I look pretty good in forest green, though.

Um, and what is "the FSU"?
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on October 05, 2006, 11:08:13 am: Oops, I meant to say the FSD--Feng Shui Director--our own Celeste (not to be confused with the FSU--former Soviet Union :)). She's the one who keeps things mellow on the Performance Thread.
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on October 05, 2006, 12:05:24 pm: How long did that snow stick at Memorial Day? Longer than an hour, I'd bet. :)

(Thanks on the FSD. I'd seen that elsewhere and had no clue, as I don't "do" the Performance Thread.)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: moremojo on October 05, 2006, 07:34:55 pm: Quote from: Front-Ranger on October 04, 2006, 06:57:03 pm
In the interest of truth in advertising and full disclosure, here's another pic of my abode:

(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-8/1210035/kapu.jpg)

This one was taken on Memorial Day weekend!!
Lee, the very first thought I had when seeing this was that this reminded me of the Overlook Hotel in The Shining! Not so much the house itself, but that dark, snowbound atmosphere. I could imagine people getting pretty stir-crazy rather quickly in those conditions.
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on October 06, 2006, 09:47:00 am: As I recall this was taken early in the morning after I had just taken the dog out. You can bet I was muttering sumthun about goin to Mexico that morning!!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on October 19, 2006, 05:45:10 pm: On Tuesday of this week we had our first "dump" of snow in the Rocky Mountains. Fortunately, everything was clear and dry the next day for our trip to Casper, Wyoming, for the Freedom State Writers' Festival. That snow barely stuck an hour, but I did have a chance to snap a pic or two and here they are:

(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-8/1210035/DSC09888.jpg)

(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-8/1210035/DSC09893.jpg)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on October 27, 2006, 10:28:23 am: Just heard that snowpack is 207% of normal for this time of year in the Rocky Mountains!! ;D
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on October 27, 2006, 11:08:12 am: Quote from: Front-Ranger on October 19, 2006, 05:45:10 pm
On Tuesday of this week we had our first "dump" of snow in the Rocky Mountains. Fortunately, everything was clear and dry the next day for our trip to Casper, Wyoming, for the Freedom State Writers' Festival. That snow barely stuck an hour, but I did have a chance to snap a pic or two and here they are:

(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-8/1210035/DSC09888.jpg)

(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-8/1210035/DSC09893.jpg)

Beautiful!

And that was a week ago. I hear they got more snow in the Rockies now.

I guess all it's got time for in Pennsylvania any more is rain. >:(
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on October 29, 2006, 11:06:43 am: Sorry to hear about that, Jeff. Guess you should get out a block of pine and your whittling knife!

Ski areas might open even before Thanksgiving this year! Today's beautiful...nice and warm...snow's melting but when you look up the peaks are crowned with snow!!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on November 19, 2006, 04:26:15 pm: Several ski areas are open now with plenty of (man-made) snow in Colorado! This year I'll be skiing at Copper Mountain and (maybe) Breckenridge. Happy to give a report to anyone interested!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on November 27, 2006, 05:05:38 pm: Just a recent snapshot for those in the flatlands:

(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-8/1210035/IMGP0031_resize.JPG)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: nakymaton on November 27, 2006, 05:36:47 pm: Yo, Lee, is it snowing at your house today? :D No blue skies here this afternoon.
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on November 27, 2006, 05:52:03 pm: Just checked the west facing windows, where I can see what's happening at my house 2,000 ft up, and it's starting to get overcast. Looking for a major dump of snow sometime this week. Snow report: there was a couple of inches of new powder on top of the manmade snow at Copper Mountain, this weekend, according to a report by the skiers in my household.
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on November 28, 2006, 10:01:31 am: Quote from: Front-Ranger on November 27, 2006, 05:05:38 pm
Just a recent snapshot for those in the flatlands:

(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-8/1210035/IMGP0031_resize.JPG)

Oh, my, Lee, that's so beautiful.

Damn. I wanna go West. ... >:( ;) ;D
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on November 28, 2006, 12:46:35 pm: EDelMar's a fellow Pennsylvanian who made the switch...you can too!!

Two feet of fresh powder expected overnight...
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on November 28, 2006, 01:14:00 pm: Quote from: Front-Ranger on November 28, 2006, 12:46:35 pm
EDelMar's a fellow Pennsylvanian who made the switch...you can too!!

No foolin'? :o

Yeah, but I'm stuck with what I got here. :(
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: David on November 28, 2006, 01:36:07 pm: I must confess that last February / March when I was out shovelling snow, I kept thinking about Ennis doing the same thing outside the apartment over the laundromat. I can imagine how cold and windy it must get in Riverton during the winter.

Must have been a long winter each year. Probably not much work for a ranch hand in those months and cooped up in the Apartment with Alma. You can imagine Ennis being outside pushing the snow around thinking about Jack and those hot summer nights on the mountain.
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on November 28, 2006, 02:26:12 pm: Quote from: DavidinHartford on November 28, 2006, 01:36:07 pm
You can imagine Ennis being outside pushing the snow around thinking about Jack and those hot summer nights on the mountain.

Yeah, but from what we see, at those heights, a lot of those "hot summer nights" apparently weren't so hot--at least not meteorologically speaking. ;) ;D
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: David on November 28, 2006, 02:42:57 pm: Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on November 28, 2006, 02:26:12 pm
Yeah, but from what we see, at those heights, a lot of those "hot summer nights" apparently weren't so hot--at least not meteorologically speaking. ;) ;D

Come on Jeff! you know I wasn't referring to the weather! he he he!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on November 28, 2006, 04:35:29 pm: Quote from: DavidinHartford on November 28, 2006, 02:42:57 pm
Come on Jeff! you know I wasn't referring to the weather! he he he!

Who? Me? ::) :laugh:
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on November 28, 2006, 06:11:11 pm: I don't think they have to do too much snow shoveling there in Riverton because the wind blows it away. ::)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 20, 2006, 10:50:54 am: My Ennis, weather-eyed, looked at the sky and then sent me this:

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

SNOW WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING AND WILL BE HEAVY TODAY AND TONIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 20 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN MOST LOCATIONS BEFORE THE SNOW DECREASES THURSDAY MORNING. AS MUCH AS 2 FEET OF SNOW WILL FALL IN THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS AND PALMER DIVIDE AREA.

NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO AROUND 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 MPH ESPECIALLY EAST OF I-25 WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. SUSTAINED WIND AND/OR FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER WILL COMBINE WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND IS DISCOURAGED IN THESE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE.
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on December 20, 2006, 10:58:38 am: Quote from: Front-Ranger on December 20, 2006, 10:50:54 am
My Ennis, weather-eyed, looked at the sky and then sent me this:

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

SNOW WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING AND WILL BE HEAVY TODAY AND TONIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 20 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN MOST LOCATIONS BEFORE THE SNOW DECREASES THURSDAY MORNING. AS MUCH AS 2 FEET OF SNOW WILL FALL IN THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS AND PALMER DIVIDE AREA.

NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO AROUND 25 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 MPH ESPECIALLY EAST OF I-25 WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. SUSTAINED WIND AND/OR FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER WILL COMBINE WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND IS DISCOURAGED IN THESE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WAIT FOR HELP TO ARRIVE.

Ooo-eeee! :o Sounds like a good day to stay hunkered down at home with a good book. Or two. Or three. ...
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 20, 2006, 11:33:19 am: Too bad I was already at work when I got his message!!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: nakymaton on December 20, 2006, 02:12:14 pm: Blizzard? Sheeeeit. You in the city? Got a good place to camp out for the night if necessary? Tent? Bedroll? Whiskey? Elk? ~~Cute cow-person of appropriate gender?~~

That might be part of the storm that came through yesterday down here. Dumped about a foot on us, thick, heavy, wet snow. But it didn't blow much, and it stopped by this morning. You must be getting extra upslope moisture from the East.

I hunkered down yesterday, avoided driving and wrapped presents instead. We lost power a couple times, which messed up the baking, but gave me an excuse to build a nice fire in the woodstove.

It's really beautiful here today.
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 20, 2006, 02:51:30 pm: Tent? No, but I have a credit card.
Bedroll? Ditto
Whiskey? Actually I have a bottle of Crown Royal in the trunk that is a Chrismas present that may not make it to its destination!
Person of etc. etc. Well, I've got my Ennis in the city and my Virginian in the country, so I'm all set!!

(As far as a fire in the woodstove, do you have a Jotul? I do and it works great, boils water too, but is no good for baking!)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 20, 2006, 03:15:32 pm: Okay, I'm leavin the office now, so if you don't hear from me within 6 hours, send out a search party!!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Kd5000 on December 20, 2006, 04:42:23 pm: At least it don't say anything about a big ice storm headin my way. I got to hit the road tomorrow and I can't drive in ice. That's a big weather system. Sure it's Pacific and not Canadian? Yeah, BLAME CANADA for that weather. ;)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: nakymaton on December 20, 2006, 05:11:47 pm: When it hits me and then hits Lee, it's Mexican, not Canadian. Gotta come from the south to give me any snow. (Check out the NOAA satellite loop: http://www.weather.gov/sat_loop.php?image=ir&hours=24 --Look at that stuff getting sucked into the storm from the Gulf of Mexico! Wow. Yeah, that's the pattern that dumps snow on the Front Range (-er ;D ). )

Hope your drive home is safe, Lee! Drop us a line, let us know your there!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 20, 2006, 06:50:38 pm: I just made it, thanks for your well wishes!! Just took me 3 1/2 hours. When I got to Morrison

(reference here http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php?topic=4928.msg127177#msg127177 (http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php?topic=4928.msg127177#msg127177)) my car totally ran out of steam, so I had to have my husband come with his Explorer (did I mention that my husband works at home while I commute 40 miles each way in a flimsy little hybrid car??) He just kept "nudging" me whenever my car rolled to a halt, then I made him tow me the rest of the way, which was uneventful except for two episodes of fishtailing (I apologize for that cheap crack this morning about Beau getting the crap scared out of him!! God is smiting me!!)

All ends well, with a new cord of wood, a full can of gas for the snowblower, and a wee pint of rum for the toddy. I'll post pics of the snowdump!!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on December 20, 2006, 07:27:10 pm: Quote from: Front-Ranger on December 20, 2006, 06:50:38 pm
I just made it, thanks for your well wishes!! Just took me 3 1/2 hours.

Three and a half hours! :o

Glad you got home safe, little darlin'. :D
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: nakymaton on December 20, 2006, 11:08:42 pm: Glad you're home safe, Lee!

(To Jeff: Denver is a real pain for driving when it snows a lot. The city is bad, and the mountains are worse.)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: LauraGigs on December 21, 2006, 01:39:29 am: God will smite me for this, but . . .

Greetings from Florida!!! My sweetie & I flew out from Denver yesterday. Just in time . . .

Glad you made it home Lee!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: RouxB on December 21, 2006, 04:03:37 am: I had to pull out the big gun coat tonight-it's flipping cold here. Then I perspective settles in - at 38 degrees, Ennis and Jack were probably in their shirt sleeves.

I'm a wimp.

O0
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 21, 2006, 09:43:19 am: Ennis would be all right but Jack would be looking for his blue parka and bitchin' same as you Ruby!! ::)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on December 21, 2006, 10:11:53 am: Quote from: RouxB on December 21, 2006, 04:03:37 am
I had to pull out the big gun coat tonight-it's flipping cold here. Then I perspective settles in - at 38 degrees, Ennis and Jack were probably in their shirt sleeves.

I'm a wimp.

O0

You ain't no wimp, little darlin'. Blood's just a little thin from all that warm California weather, that's all. ;D :-*

Merry Christmas, Honey!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 21, 2006, 10:16:50 am: I'm so glad you made it out to Florida safely, the airport's closed here today Laura! Thanks for the report; be sure to check in here during the holidays, okay? I wonder if brokebackjack made it out okay; he was supposed to fly to New York City to prepare for his weddin. I hope he's not hunkered down at DIA along with the several thousand that are supposed to be there waiting for the airport to reopen!! If you are, jack, check in with us at one of those Internet stations!!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 21, 2006, 01:08:41 pm: Just a couple of pics for you Colorado expatriots and anyone else with a dirth of snow to look at.

Here is a photo looking outside my house with the vegetable garden on the left. No tomatoes today!!

(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-8/1210035/DSCN1101.JPG)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 21, 2006, 01:11:15 pm: Here you can just see the top of the doghouse:

(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-8/1210035/DSCN1102.JPG)

Okay, enough pics of snow...let's go have some hot chocolate, sit by the fire, and read about the solstice!!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: nakymaton on December 21, 2006, 11:37:09 pm: From the Yahoo! news report on the Denver storm:

Quote
In Wyoming, a woman died while walking for help after her car became stuck in the snow, officials said.

:o :o :o Annie Proulx's plots are disturbingly realistic. I hope she wasn't hallucinating about skinless cows while it was going on.
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 23, 2006, 11:25:15 am: Photo of snowblowing operations in Colorado--taken from the front door of my house.

(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-8/1210035/DSCN1138.JPG)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 23, 2006, 11:26:47 am: EDelMar took this one:

(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-8/1210035/overhang.jpg)
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Post by: Front-Ranger on December 23, 2006, 11:30:16 am: More snowblowing!

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I feel it is my duty to share all these snowy pics with you since some of you haven't gotten your share of snow this season!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: nakymaton on December 23, 2006, 12:16:28 pm: Quote from: Front-Ranger on December 23, 2006, 11:30:16 am
I feel it is my duty to share all these snowy pics with you since some of you haven't gotten your share of snow this season!

And the ski areas sure wouldn't mind having people think snow = Colorado!

(They're probably bumming that the Denver airport has been closed. All those people looking at the news, wanting a chance to ski, and the nearest airport - or the airport that the shuttle flights come out of - is closed. I mean, there are at least some resorts that don't cater to the private jet crowd, aren't there?)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 24, 2006, 02:53:17 pm: I guess the Denver airport is starting to clear out now, but some people won't make it to their destination until Christmas Day or even later. Brokebackjack was able to leave today for his weddin trip to New York City :-* (Thats for you, your bride, and Nic, jack!)

But fallout from the Denver blizzard continues. I went to the grocery store to get the fixin's for Christmas dinner, and it was scary, with empty produce aisles. I grabbed the very last of the zucchini and celery. No potatoes anywhere, just yams. Even frozen food was almost all gone.
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 27, 2006, 07:14:47 pm: Just when you thought it was safe to go back to your computer...

Another blizzard predicted for Denver on December 28!!

Katherine's on her way driving here and I hope she makes it...she'll have a headwind...redline it katherine!!

And EDelMar predicted this one too...two days ago!!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: nakymaton on December 27, 2006, 07:35:11 pm: This one's fizzling down here... going too far north. All we've got is clouds. >:( (As the guy in the music store said, "Denver doesn't need any more snow!! We do!")
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on December 27, 2006, 10:13:05 pm: Quote from: Front-Ranger on December 23, 2006, 11:30:16 am
More snowblowing!

(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-8/1210035/snowblowing.JPG)

I feel it is my duty to share all these snowy pics with you since some of you haven't gotten your share of snow this season!

Feel free to send as much of it to Pennsylvania as you'd like! ;D

I considered myself fortunate that it snowed just a little bit for about half an hour at my cousin's house in the mountains north of Harrisburg on Christmas Day. Didn't stick at all, let alone for an hour. Then it turned to sleet, which fortunately didn't stick at all. And then it just turned to rain. >:( :P :-\
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 27, 2006, 11:21:55 pm: Apparently, there is going to be enuf snow to share with all of you!

I'm looking forward to maybe being snowbound tomorrow with Ennis and... and... adrian.delmar!! Yes, he's arriving momentarily!!

Oh, BTW, welcome back, Jeff! We missed you!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on December 28, 2006, 10:52:28 am: Quote from: Front-Ranger on December 27, 2006, 11:21:55 pm
Apparently, there is going to be enuf snow to share with all of you!

I'm looking forward to maybe being snowbound tomorrow with Ennis and... and... adrian.delmar!! Yes, he's arriving momentarily!!

Oh, BTW, welcome back, Jeff! We missed you!

Aw, thanks, Little Darlin'! I missed all my Bettermost Buds, too.

Katherine get there safely?
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 28, 2006, 11:45:33 am: Katherine called last night from Grand Island, Nebraska. She was planning to get an early start this a.m. to beat the weather system. She will be calling with updates and let me know when she gets here. I brought my big honkin SUV, tow rope, and the whole deal to work today so I am ready for whatever Mother Nature throws at me and, if necessary, I can go get her if she gets stranded!! I've driven that route a time or two myself.
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on December 28, 2006, 12:58:23 pm: Quote from: Front-Ranger on December 28, 2006, 11:45:33 am
Katherine called last night from Grand Island, Nebraska. She was planning to get an early start this a.m. to beat the weather system. She will be calling with updates and let me know when she gets here. I brought my big honkin SUV, tow rope, and the whole deal to work today so I am ready for whatever Mother Nature throws at me and, if necessary, I can go get her if she gets stranded!! I've driven that route a time or two myself.

Keep us posted. Hope you don't have to go on no rescue mission.

I expect the only "snow" I'll see around here this winter is the white flannel sheet I'm using for "snow-covered landscape" for my Christmas village/model train layout. ;D
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 29, 2006, 12:03:16 am: This is starting to get a little ridiculous!! But I'll just keep posting as long as I have power!! Here is a pic from the living room with the snow at about 4 ft this afternoon:

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Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 29, 2006, 12:05:33 am: Scene from the sunroom:
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Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 29, 2006, 12:08:26 am: Poor doggy--not much of a walk for him today!!

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Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 29, 2006, 12:12:11 am: Okay, this is a special picture. What I call "The Mother Tree." Struck by lightning sometime before we moved into this house (maybe before the house was built!) and obviously the mother of the thirty-something ponderosa pines on my property.

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Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 29, 2006, 12:15:48 am: Snow level is about 5 feet tonite with snow still coming down!!!

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Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: LauraGigs on December 29, 2006, 12:37:12 am: Dang, Lee! Was there no snowmelt between the last storm and this one?

It looks like you still have power though -- glad of that.

-Lauragigs
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 29, 2006, 12:40:04 am: No, not much! Hope you are enjoying your vacation in the South!! We will keep the home fires burning!!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: nakymaton on December 29, 2006, 01:09:22 am: Katherine poked her head in, if you didn't see her online. She said she made it safely to Denver, beat the blizzard.

Snowflake count here: six. >:( We're in the dang snow-shadow this time. Trade weather, Lee?
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 29, 2006, 11:19:23 am: Thanks for letting me know, Mel!! I should have known I would hear here first!! Slept with my cell phone under my pillow!! It looked horrendous out there...looks like we ended up with about five feet total and it's blowing around.

The thing that really chilled me was that, when Ennis and I left the Buckhorn Exchange yesterday afternoon, it was RAINING! Then I knew it would be very slick as soon as the temp fell below freezing. I redlined it for home...though was tempted to stay in town as Ennis offered me shelter from the storm. But my men needed their SUV back to go skiing today. Gotta keep our priorities straight here!!

Laura, good to see you're staying away from the Denver airport!! You don't wanna go there!! But, when will you be back??
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 29, 2006, 11:41:15 am: Time for a ski report in the Rocky Mountains!!

Over 44 inches at Copper Mountain where all the male Front-Rangers are skiing today!!

Live web cam here:

http://www.coppercolorado.com/mountain/cams/index.htm (http://www.coppercolorado.com/mountain/cams/index.htm)

I hope the West Virginians have snow for your trip too!!?
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 29, 2006, 12:58:45 pm: We are snowblowing...

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Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 29, 2006, 01:19:21 pm: And snowblowing:

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Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on December 29, 2006, 01:57:01 pm: Glad to know Friend Katherine made it through OK! Yeehaw! :D

Tell you what, that last storm, it looked kinda suspicious to this Easterner that the airport was closed for God-knows-how-long-was-it, but the roads to the ski slopes were open. ... ;D

Lee, those pictures are always so amazing. I guess five feet of snow is a bit overdoing it, but the pictures are beautiful!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 29, 2006, 02:06:54 pm: Yeah, I'm so glad she didn't get pitched off her horse and wish she'd never tried!!

But, meanwhile, IT'S STILL SNOWING!!!

(oops, I just realized I've been eating chocolate covered espresso beans. Me, a strict decaf person. Oops, we're in trouble now!! Deep trouble!!!)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 29, 2006, 03:55:25 pm: Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on December 29, 2006, 01:57:01 pm

Tell you what, that last storm, it looked kinda suspicious to this Easterner that the airport was closed for God-knows-how-long-was-it, but the roads to the ski slopes were open. ... ;D

Yes, that was a plot so that we locals would have the slopes to ourselves until all the virgin powder was gone!!

Meanwhile, no plows in my area yet, I'm stuck here for a while longer. The plows are busy clearing the path to the slopes!!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 29, 2006, 04:12:29 pm: Meanwhile, to finish my thought about the snowblowing...

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Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 29, 2006, 04:14:34 pm: and snowblowing...

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Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 29, 2006, 04:16:39 pm: And, you guessed it, blowsnowing...

(now I know what the cinematographer for "Into the Void" felt like)

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Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 29, 2006, 04:18:48 pm: And, that's it! Done snowblowing for the day!!

(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-8/1210035/DSCN1180.JPG)

But...wait a minute!! It's still snowing!!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on December 29, 2006, 04:27:17 pm: Quote from: Front-Ranger on December 29, 2006, 02:06:54 pm
(oops, I just realized I've been eating chocolate covered espresso beans. Me, a strict decaf person. Oops, we're in trouble now!! Deep trouble!!!)

Oughta make you good for gettin' the driveway cleared. ...
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 29, 2006, 04:29:16 pm: Welcome to my home, Jeff!! Come right in! I just cleared off the snow this morning! What the...!!

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Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 29, 2006, 04:32:25 pm: Storm comin in from the Pacific...Atlantic...Canada...Everywhere!!

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This is a scene of a little portico lookin out from the office...the semicircular wall is for deerproofing. Where I keep my colombines. They're sleeping right now under a thick blanket.
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 29, 2006, 05:26:28 pm: Jeff, come and sit on the chaise longue and catch some sun!!

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Post by: Front-Ranger on December 29, 2006, 05:38:19 pm: Scene out of my son's bedroom window (this is on the second floor BTW)

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Post by: nakymaton on December 29, 2006, 06:00:33 pm: OOooooooooooooooo! Snow stratigraphy!! 8)

*Mel geeks out*

Looks like some good roof avalanches are ready to happen!

Jeff, the first storm mostly came from the southwest rather than from the west, and didn't really pick up steam until it hit the plains and the moisture from the Gulf of Mexico got pulled into it, and then got pulled up the eastern slope of the Front Range, and then.... bam. The ski areas actually weren't hit as hard, as far as I can tell. Well, they were hit hard enough to have powder. ;D

I think the passes were closed around here for the last one. They're always closed when it snows. Even today, when it's above freezing at my house, the passes are probably closed or require chains.

Of course, there are three ski areas on my side of the passes. ;D And the cross-country tracks in the National Forest are groomed, which is more important to me. ;D

(Plus I think that when they call out the National Guard to help clear Colorado roads, they must let Denver fend for itself or something. I can't believe that some of the city streets weren't plowed yet from the last storm.)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: serious crayons on December 29, 2006, 06:02:30 pm: Hey everybody, it's heartwarming to know there were Brokies concerned about my welfare as I redlined it on the 14-hour drive from Minneapolis to Denver. :-*

We were lucky -- stayed in Grand Island, Neb., Wednesday night, got an early start Thursday and didn't see a speck of precipitation falling until we got into the Denver metro area -- and even here, at that point, it was still more slush than snow. (We didn't even see any snow on the ground until a couple of hundred miles east of here!)

This morning, my kids urged me to smarten up and head out onto the sliding hill. But I'm not much for that ice-and-snowball crowd. So while my family members frolick outdoors, I'm in the nice warm apartment catching up on all I've missed on the boards for the past few days.

Lee, as always, the pictures of your home and environs are breathtaking!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on December 29, 2006, 06:04:03 pm: Quote from: Front-Ranger on December 29, 2006, 04:29:16 pm
Welcome to my home, Jeff!! Come right in! I just cleared off the snow this morning! What the...!!

(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-8/1210035/DSCN1182.JPG)

Time for more of those espresso beans, hunh? ;D

I like the, er, Holiday lights! They look like they're the big-a-- old-fashioned kind, not the weeny mini lights lots of people use today. (Those lights are actually pretty, too, in their own way. I just get nostalgic for the big lights my dad used to put out when I was little. ::) )
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on December 29, 2006, 06:11:46 pm: Quote from: nakymaton on December 29, 2006, 06:00:33 pm
OOooooooooooooooo! Snow stratigraphy!! 8)

*Mel geeks out*

Looks like some good roof avalanches are ready to happen!

There is a roof under that stratigraphy, just out of view, isn't there? ;D

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Of course, there are three ski areas on my side of the passes. ;D And the cross-country tracks in the National Forest are groomed, which is more important to me. ;D

I've wanted to try cross-country, ever since I saw somebody doing it down the middle of Pine Street, one block south of my place, during the Blizzard of '96. Always looks like a lot of fun, and, clumsy as I am, I figure I'd be less likely to break something. :D
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Penthesilea on December 29, 2006, 06:38:31 pm: Lee, I've never seen so much snow in my life :o.
I've been to Austria in winter a few times and there was much snow, too. But ain't nothin like that.
I can't imagine how it would be to have such masses of snow, it's truly beyond my imagination. Love your pics, thanks for sharing.

Damn all scientists, who haven't invented beaming yet, Star-Trek like ;). I would beam myself up to your place just to experience this snow masses (and hopefully for a warm cocoa afterwards, if you wouldn't mind offering one). How cold is it?

We haven't seen a single snowflake yet this winter. It's 5°C (41°F) here at the moment and the weather report says it will be getting warmer the next days: 13°C (55.4°F).

Katherine: Glad you were lucky with the weather conditions and arrived safe and sound. Enjoy your holidays! Will you and Lee meet?
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Meryl on December 29, 2006, 06:47:47 pm: Lee, I love all the pictures of your house and the snow! I'm like Chrissi, I sure wish we'd get some snow here in NYC to liven things up. Oh well, maybe we'll get some after the holidays, when everyone's back from their journeys.

Katherine, I'm glad you're safe and sound! I passed through Chicago on my way to my brother's for Christmas and thought about hooking up with you, but the timing wasn't right. Someday I'll drop you a line and you can say if your there. ;)
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Post by: Front-Ranger on December 29, 2006, 10:44:06 pm: Mel, I love you when you geek out!!

And yes, Jeff, those are the old-fashioned lights, which we had to go from place to place to get!!

None of the pics I have posted so far really give you an idea of the actual amount of snow. Let me just say this--when this snow melts, it will be Katrina all over again! Unless it can melt gradually somehow.

(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-8/1210035/DSCN1185.JPG)

On the left in this pic is a tree that I call "The Wings." It was perhaps struck by lightning at some point, and developed a double trunk, which intertwines so gracefully. Every time I see it, it reminds me of "The Wings."
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 29, 2006, 10:47:52 pm: Just one more!

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Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 29, 2006, 10:58:47 pm: Okay, I lied.

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Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 29, 2006, 11:40:04 pm: This is the last one, I promise!! (for today anyway)

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Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 29, 2006, 11:59:06 pm: I just got a call from our trash management company, saying that, because of the blizzard, they want me to bring my trash TO THEM, rather than them picking it up, LOL!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on December 30, 2006, 12:56:47 am: Quote from: Front-Ranger on December 29, 2006, 11:59:06 pm
I just got a call from our trash management company, saying that, because of the blizzard, they want me to bring my trash TO THEM, rather than them picking it up, LOL!

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 31, 2006, 12:22:08 am: Jess gave me an idea for what to do with all this snow!!

http://enews.earthlink.net/article/str?guid=20061229/4594a0d0_3ca6_1552620061229-642856832 (http://enews.earthlink.net/article/str?guid=20061229/4594a0d0_3ca6_1552620061229-642856832)
Title: Childress gets NOAA weather radio
Post by: nakymaton on December 31, 2006, 02:29:34 pm: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/lub/wxradio/12152006_cds_nwr_nr.html (http://www.srh.noaa.gov/lub/wxradio/12152006_cds_nwr_nr.html)

So now you can decide in advance whether to pull out that blue parka when you're in the Texas panhandle.
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Ellemeno on December 31, 2006, 04:21:44 pm: Quote from: latjoreme on December 29, 2006, 06:02:30 pm

But I'm not much for that ice-and-snowball crowd.

This is me too. Lee, your pictures are exactly the way I want to enjoy the winter wonderland - vicariously. I marvel.
Title: Re: Childress gets NOAA weather radio
Post by: Front-Ranger on January 01, 2007, 03:13:43 pm: Quote from: nakymaton on December 31, 2006, 02:29:34 pm
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/lub/wxradio/12152006_cds_nwr_nr.html (http://www.srh.noaa.gov/lub/wxradio/12152006_cds_nwr_nr.html)

So now you can decide in advance whether to pull out that blue parka when you're in the Texas panhandle.

It's that ice storm!!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on January 01, 2007, 08:57:04 pm: Scenes of winter in the Rocky Mountains.

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Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on January 01, 2007, 10:43:05 pm: 'Nother scene.

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Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on January 02, 2007, 11:38:05 am: An arroyo near my house. The snow reached nine feet in depth here.

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Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on January 02, 2007, 11:46:28 am: The view from my neighborhood looking toward Mt. Evans, which is the closest "fourteener." The distant mountains look like they don't have snow, but that is just because they are covered with Ponderosa pines.

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Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on January 02, 2007, 12:01:33 pm: One more scene:

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Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on January 02, 2007, 12:30:16 pm: And another. I can't get enough of these arroyo scenes.

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Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on January 02, 2007, 01:05:39 pm: Here is one of the snowshoeing trails that have been created. The cross-country skiiers and snowshoers have been out in force in my neighborhood.

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Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on January 02, 2007, 01:26:58 pm: More nine-foot drifts:

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Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on January 02, 2007, 01:34:21 pm: Scene of my neighborhood, in fact, there is my house sort of in the middle of the pic. And now you know why there are no curtains on the windows in my house--no other houses around!!

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Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on January 02, 2007, 01:44:06 pm: One last photo--snow with great furry beast (just for you Jeff). I also have some pics of the near-full moon but haven't uploaded them yet!!

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Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Meryl on January 02, 2007, 02:03:47 pm: Wow, those are gorgeous! Lee, you've posted so many pics of your house and neighborhood, I feel like I've already been there. If I ever come to visit, I'll know my way around without thinking. ;D
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on January 02, 2007, 03:18:47 pm: Thanks, Meryl! You're invited anytime! Altho when all this snow melts, it's not going to be a pretty sight! I don't think this is what Phillip had in mind when he started this topic, I hope he doesn't mind me highjacking it!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on January 10, 2007, 12:33:35 pm: All you Easterners want snow pics? I got 'em. Watch for snow pics coming soon, including two-five feet of gorgeous snow on top of Brokenback Mountain!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Meryl on January 10, 2007, 01:10:03 pm: Can't wait, Lee! And it's so cool that you granted the High Priestess's wish by anointing the summit with whiskey! I assume you breathed a properly solemn YEEHAW as you did it. ;) 8)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on January 10, 2007, 01:54:29 pm: Yes, Meryl, I had little energy left by the time I summited Brokenback, and there was precious little oxygen to be had (I think most of it was frozen!) but I did the yeehaw, sent best wishes to John and Phillip, and even performed in a short movie singing "Water Walkin Jesus!"
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Meryl on January 10, 2007, 03:17:04 pm: Quote from: Front-Ranger on January 10, 2007, 01:54:29 pm
Yes, Meryl, I had little energy left by the time I summited Brokenback, and there was precious little oxygen to be had (I think most of it was frozen!) but I did the yeehaw, sent best wishes to John and Phillip, and even performed in a short movie singing "Water Walkin Jesus!"

I love how crazy we all are. ;D
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on January 11, 2007, 11:16:25 am: It's been a snowy winter so far in the Rocky Mountains. It appears that we've been getting most of the snow that regularly falls in the East. Here is a scene from my road trip to Wyoming. Less snow there than in Colorado, and the snow mainly is blown away by the wind.

(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-8/1210035/Wyo2004.jpg)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on January 13, 2007, 04:12:19 pm: Roadside scenery in Wyoming--snowier than usual!!

(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-8/1210035/Wyo1027-smaller.JPG)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on January 14, 2007, 12:39:33 pm: It's snowing again in the Rocky Mountains!! Fourth snowstorm in four weeks!! If this keeps up I'm just going to buy black and white film. No wait, I don't buy film any more!!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on January 14, 2007, 01:27:55 pm: A Colorado couple sold three snowballs on eBay for $200 to somebody in Connecticut. Frontier Airlines took them and their cooler to New England to deliver the snowballs for free. Why couldn't I think of that! ::)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Meryl on January 14, 2007, 01:55:34 pm: Quote from: Front-Ranger on January 14, 2007, 01:27:55 pm
A Colorado couple sold three snowballs on eBay for $200 to somebody in Connecticut. Frontier Airlines took them and their cooler to New England to deliver the snowballs for free. Why couldn't I think of that! ::)

Yeah, Lee, I might have sprung for some snow from the top of ol' Brokenback! At any rate, I hope you brought back some rocks. ;D
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on January 14, 2007, 02:36:18 pm: No rocks, Meryl. I did not have the strength to burrow down thru the snow to where rocks might be...but I did receive a beautiful little pine cone, which I treasure.
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on January 28, 2007, 11:01:32 pm: It's been almost two weeks since I've posted here!! The snow in Colorado has started to melt, but more is in the forecast. Here's the latest view of my humble abode:

(http://apollo.divshare.com/files/2007/01/28/81376/snow1-28-07.jpg)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on February 05, 2007, 09:34:05 am: Here is Pikes Peak, which dominates the Front Range near Colorado Springs:

(http://apollo.divshare.com/files/2007/02/05/102751/Pikespeak.jpg)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on February 05, 2007, 09:37:21 am: Sunrise looking toward the full moon (but it is hidden behind blowing snow:

(http://apollo.divshare.com/files/2007/02/05/102752/Sunrise.jpg)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on February 07, 2007, 08:40:58 pm: Driving is fun in Wyoming this time of year!!

(http://apollo.divshare.com/files/2007/02/07/109868/blowingsnow.jpg)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on February 18, 2007, 05:09:18 pm: Okay, I'm ready for winter to be over!! So, for spring break, I am going to...the upper peninsula of Michigan, LOL!!!

::) ::)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on February 19, 2007, 12:22:14 am: There were four snowmobile deaths in the Rockies this weekend! Yikes!!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on March 06, 2007, 06:41:55 pm: It's been a long winter, and we here in the Rocky Mountains are beginning to dig out. Here I'm just starting to unbury my deck and hot tub:

(http://athena.divshare.com/files/2007/03/06/195021/misc_Mar_07_004.jpg)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on March 19, 2007, 10:58:23 pm: The deer are drunk on chlorophyll! And I hope this is my last post in this thread this year!!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on April 12, 2007, 11:28:46 am: I spoke too soon! Big dump of snow expected in the Rocky Mountains tonite!! Spring skiing conditions should be great!!

This is all part of Adam's plan and negotiations with Jehovah for beautiful weather and many wildflowers in the Rocky Mountains for the late May Brokeback BBQ 2007!!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on April 25, 2007, 09:06:24 pm: Nearly the last of April! COME ON, Mother Nature!!

Scene from my hotel room this a.m. (too much snow for me to drive home last nite!)

(http://apollo.divshare.com/apollo2/files/2007/04/25/486119/snow4-07lowres.jpg)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: loneleeb3 on April 25, 2007, 10:36:22 pm: Quote from: Front-Ranger on April 25, 2007, 09:06:24 pm
Nearly the last of April! COME ON, Mother Nature!!

Scene from my hotel room this a.m. (too much snow for me to drive home last nite!)

(http://apollo.divshare.com/apollo2/files/2007/04/25/486119/snow4-07lowres.jpg)

Wow! That is beautiful.
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on April 26, 2007, 09:42:26 am: To the right of center you can see Long's Peak, a fourteener (elevation over 14,000 ft) that is very near Estes Park, where our BBQ will be in a month!!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: loneleeb3 on April 26, 2007, 09:44:09 am: Quote from: Front-Ranger on April 26, 2007, 09:42:26 am
To the right of center you can see Long's Peak, a fourteener (elevation over 14,000 ft) that is very near Estes Park, where our BBQ will be in a month!!
Rub it in why don't you? ::)
:laugh:
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on April 26, 2007, 03:16:06 pm: Quote from: loneleeb3 on April 26, 2007, 09:44:09 am
Rub it in why don't you? ::)
:laugh:
I don't need an invitation!! I'll be rubbing it in for the next two weeks! (said with a Scranton accent)

Git out of yr trailer and git on up here!!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on May 06, 2007, 11:33:10 am: Yes...it snowed again...last night...IT IS THE 6th of MAY MOTHER NATURE! GIVE US A BREAK!!

(http://apollo.divshare.com/files/2007/05/06/578668/snow1small.jpg)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on May 06, 2007, 11:37:57 am: Snow doesn't bother the kitty at all--

(http://apollo.divshare.com/files/2007/05/06/578669/snow2small.jpg)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: loneleeb3 on May 06, 2007, 11:41:25 am: Quote from: Front-Ranger on May 06, 2007, 11:33:10 am
Yes...it snowed again...last night...IT IS THE 6th of MAY MOTHER NATURE! GIVE US A BREAK!!

(http://apollo.divshare.com/files/2007/05/06/578668/snow1small.jpg)

Thats Awesome!
We never get snow like that evein in winter.
It sure is beautiful! It's a little cooler here today but will be muggy and in the 80's by the end of the week!
I need to be in the moutains! :(
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on May 06, 2007, 11:41:43 am: No picnics on the deck today!

(http://apollo.divshare.com/files/2007/05/06/578670/snow3small.jpg)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on May 06, 2007, 11:44:18 am: Last one, scene of my property with the only one who still loves the snow, our Husky.

(http://apollo.divshare.com/files/2007/05/06/578674/snow4smalldog.jpg)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: loneleeb3 on May 06, 2007, 11:49:42 am: I guess making snowmen and snow angels has lost it's thrill for y'all! :laugh:
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on May 06, 2007, 11:55:49 am: Quote from: loneleeb3 on May 06, 2007, 11:49:42 am
I guess making snowmen and snow angels has lost it's thrill for y'all! :laugh:

That's for sure! Hope tonite I'll be able to say, that snow barely stuck an hour!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on May 06, 2007, 01:20:39 pm: Quote from: Front-Ranger on May 06, 2007, 11:33:10 am
Yes...it snowed again...last night...IT IS THE 6th of MAY MOTHER NATURE! GIVE US A BREAK!!

Really! We don't want a do Ennis's snow dance come Memorial Day weekend! :-\
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on May 07, 2007, 11:36:49 pm: Snow's all gone except for a few big chunks here and there!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on August 16, 2007, 10:25:24 am: Heard a rumor that a storm came in from the Pacific into Alberta already!! We'll have to get a report from mouk, Lucise, iluvchocolate or horo!!

It's still plenty warm in Wyoming, though!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on August 31, 2007, 04:35:29 pm: Signs of fall: A huge bull elk oversees his harem (Good thing Adam and his matin call are not around!)

(http://www.divshare.com/img/1810563-dce.jpg)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on September 30, 2007, 11:19:29 pm: We had a very lovely visit to the top of Mt. Evans (local fourteener) this weekend!

(http://www.divshare.com/img/2173596-577.jpg)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on September 30, 2007, 11:20:55 pm: (http://www.divshare.com/img/2173597-469.jpg)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on September 30, 2007, 11:22:17 pm: Bighorn sheep

(http://www.divshare.com/img/2173594-9b5.jpg)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on September 30, 2007, 11:23:18 pm: (http://www.divshare.com/img/2173595-2a3.jpg)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on September 30, 2007, 11:24:52 pm: Cowboy in snow

(http://www.divshare.com/img/2173599-f8e.jpg)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on September 30, 2007, 11:26:50 pm: Cowgirl and snow

(http://www.divshare.com/img/2173652-bf3.jpg)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on October 01, 2007, 03:53:53 pm: That snow stick, FRiend Lee?
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on October 01, 2007, 10:36:38 pm: Quote from: Front-Ranger on September 30, 2007, 11:23:18 pm
(http://www.divshare.com/img/2173595-2a3.jpg)

Barely stuck an hour, friend Jeff!!

This one I entered in a photo contest today. I'll let you know if it wins anything!!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on October 01, 2007, 10:48:30 pm: Quote from: Front-Ranger on October 01, 2007, 10:36:38 pm
Barely stuck an hour, friend Jeff!!

This one I entered in a photo contest today. I'll let you know if it wins anything!!

That's an amazing photo. How on earth did you get so close to that sheep?
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on October 01, 2007, 10:53:34 pm: Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on October 01, 2007, 10:48:30 pm
That's an amazing photo. How on earth did you get so close to that sheep?

he,he...EDelMar was driving, I was in the back seat, and we were just going by at about 10 mph when I snapped the photo!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on October 14, 2007, 04:12:15 pm: Six inches of snow at my home today!! Stay tuned for pics! Meanwhile I escaped to the flatlands of Denver where it's merely rainy to take in the rodeo or a movie and gradually get used to this idea of fall in the Rocky Mountains!!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on October 15, 2007, 11:56:48 am: Quote from: Front-Ranger on October 14, 2007, 04:12:15 pm
Six inches of snow at my home today!! Stay tuned for pics! Meanwhile I escaped to the flatlands of Denver where it's merely rainy to take in the rodeo or a movie and gradually get used to this idea of fall in the Rocky Mountains!!

How long did it stick? Better bring 'em down. It's the middle of October. ;D
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: loneleeb3 on October 15, 2007, 01:08:35 pm: i hope we see some snow this year but I doubt we will.
We are in the midst of the worst drought we have ever seen.
If we don't start getting substantial rain soon the Lake will be dry in 3 months.
Lake Lanier is one of the major water resources for Ga, Fl and Al.
752 miles of shoreline and 39,000 acres of water totalling 624,744,141,120 gallons of water in the lake.
So, if a lake of that size is in danger of going dry, tells ya how bad it is here. :-\
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on October 15, 2007, 07:59:21 pm: Well, grab yr blue parka and come on up!! The mountains are real pretty right now, all covered with new fallen snow!!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on October 16, 2007, 05:34:27 pm: Here is Mount Evans, the local "fourteener."

(http://www.divshare.com/img/2375735-a12.jpg)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on October 16, 2007, 05:35:29 pm: Another view of Mount Evans:

(http://www.divshare.com/img/2375736-ea1.jpg)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on October 16, 2007, 05:36:31 pm: And here is the Long's Peak area near where our Brokeback BBQ 2007 was held:

(http://www.divshare.com/img/2375737-22c.jpg)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: loneleeb3 on October 16, 2007, 08:26:04 pm: Gosh Lee!
Thanks for posting those!
How beautiful! Does all that beauty ever get lost on you.
I mean, does it ever become ordinary or commonplace.
i can't imagine that it ever would!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on October 17, 2007, 09:29:24 pm: I am ashamed to say that it does sometimes. There are days when even though I have windows in my office that look out towards the mountains, I have the blinds closed all day and I might as well be in Cincinnatti for all the good it does me. But, other days I am driving home and I am just overwhelmed by the beauty of where I live and start crying out of joy!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: loneleeb3 on October 17, 2007, 10:06:08 pm: Quote from: Front-Ranger on October 17, 2007, 09:29:24 pm
I am ashamed to say that it does sometimes. There are days when even though I have windows in my office that look out towards the mountains, I have the blinds closed all day and I might as well be in Cincinnatti for all the good it does me. But, other days I am driving home and I am just overwhelmed by the beauty of where I live and start crying out of joy!

I guess those days where the blinds are closed just go to really help you appreciate the days where youare crying out of Joy!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on November 23, 2007, 04:55:54 pm: Six inches of snow in the Rocky Mountains this week! Many ski areas are opening for the season! Yee-haw!!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 13, 2007, 11:11:36 am: It appears that a big snowstorm is heading for the East!! Hunker down, all you Easterners!!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: loneleeb3 on December 13, 2007, 11:43:38 am: Quote from: Front-Ranger on December 13, 2007, 11:11:36 am
It appears that a big snowstorm is heading for the East!! Hunker down, all you Easterners!!

Wish we were gettin some! :-\
It's gonna be close to 80 here again.
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on December 13, 2007, 11:56:30 am: Quote from: loneleeb3 on December 13, 2007, 11:43:38 am
Wish we were gettin some! :-\
It's gonna be close to 80 here again.

Maybe you'll get some rain this weekend.
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 13, 2007, 01:43:03 pm: There seems to be a vortex forming over Mt. Washington that is starting to exert a pull...can you see it from there??
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 14, 2007, 06:07:35 pm: While here in the Rocky Mountains, the snow is falling ever so gently, but still a respectable 6 inches or so is collecting on the hot tub cover!!

(http://www.divshare.com/img/3117707-209.JPG)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 14, 2007, 06:09:07 pm: This snow's gonna stick more than an hour!!

(http://www.divshare.com/img/3117708-616.JPG)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 14, 2007, 06:10:18 pm: The weather report does not seem to concern the cat much.

(http://www.divshare.com/img/3117704-440.JPG)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 15, 2007, 01:17:56 pm: Mt. Washington tops the list of extreme weather locations this morning with these stats:

KMWN: Mount Washington, NH, United States [67kt, 35m/s]

67 knots...let's see, that would be about 84 miles per hour! Balmy!!

Meanwhile, look what bloomed in my sunroom yesterday!!

(http://www.divshare.com/img/3125055-fa1.JPG)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on March 02, 2008, 11:14:09 am: March 2008: Welcome to the snowiest month in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado!! These days I love to sit in my sunroom and bask in the intermittent sun and the fragrance of blooming plants while posting on BetterMost. Here's the view from my easy chair today!!

(http://www.divshare.com/img/3929649-a20.JPG)

That plant in the middle is an aloe, and it's blooming. I had no idea that aloes bloomed, but I guess every plant does eventually if it knows what's good for it. Hey, that applies to people as well!!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: brokeplex on March 04, 2008, 12:40:08 am: what a nice aloe, put it in a bigger pot.
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: loneleeb3 on March 04, 2008, 10:20:16 am: Friend Lee,
You have such a beautiful home!
I love the plants! ;D
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on March 12, 2008, 02:02:31 pm: Thank you Lee and 'plex! Spring is starting to arrive in the Rocky Mountains!

(http://www.divshare.com/img/3934623-053.jpg)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on April 11, 2008, 11:06:23 am: This weekend's the last chance to ski at most places in Colorado! It's been a great ski year, with piles and mountains of snow!! But, I'm ready for spring or, as we call it here, mud season. How about you??
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Artiste on April 11, 2008, 11:27:01 am: Merci pour tes photos Front-Ranger!

Elles sont belles!

So great to view your plants! And that snow and water starting to run... too!

Snow here to-day and accidents... school bus and cars this morning as tempest of Winter snow trying to stay longer!
So mybrother's sister just telephoned to cancel her supper since it's her husband's birthday! Mother and I will go see mon frère demain, yes tomorow instead to celebrate his birthday!

Spring was starting here as the daffodils were out an inch or more sneaking their greens besides the house where it's warmer!

Keep on taking such grand photos! I love them!

Ever saw my threads in gardening secrets?

Hugs!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: loneleeb3 on April 11, 2008, 11:27:58 am: Quote from: Front-Ranger on April 11, 2008, 11:06:23 am
This weekend's the last chance to ski at most places in Colorado! It's been a great ski year, with piles and mountains of snow!! But, I'm ready for spring or, as we call it here, mud season. How about you??

I'm dealing woth spring now.
the pollen is horrendous! My car looks like a tennis ball it's so yellow.
We're supposed to get more bad storms this weekend too.
Today it's supposed to be about 78 and by monday the high is supposed to be 50. :laugh:
I like fall much better. :laugh:
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on April 26, 2008, 11:48:11 pm: Quote from: loneleeb3 on April 11, 2008, 11:27:58 am
I'm dealing woth spring now.
the pollen is horrendous! My car looks like a tennis ball it's so yellow.
We're supposed to get more bad storms this weekend too.
Today it's supposed to be about 78 and by monday the high is supposed to be 50. :laugh:
I like fall much better. :laugh:

Cold snap in the south, then? Interesting! We've had snow and rain mixed the last two mornings. I planted grass seed at Rodney's house and this weather's the best thing for it!!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Artiste on April 27, 2008, 08:53:49 am: You got snow fallen lately?
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on April 28, 2008, 01:36:36 am: Yes, Artiste, it started snowing here yesterday in the middle of the day! I have seen the tulips with white caps on their heads on Memorial Day weekend! And snows in mid-August...but they barely stuck an hour.
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on April 28, 2008, 10:36:02 am: Here is a picture of the closest "fourteener" to me, Mt. Evans, taken this morning on my ride to work!

(http://www.divshare.com/img/midsize/4368960-562.JPG) (http://www.divshare.com/download/4368960-562)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on May 13, 2008, 10:07:10 am: Five inches at my house today, and still coming down!!

(http://www.divshare.com/img/midsize/4486198-bcb.jpg) (http://www.divshare.com/download/4486198-bcb)

The dog is having ice cream for breakfast!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: loneleeb3 on May 13, 2008, 10:15:34 am: Quote from: Front-Ranger on May 13, 2008, 10:07:10 am
Five inches at my house today, and still coming down!!

(http://www.divshare.com/img/midsize/4486198-bcb.jpg) (http://www.divshare.com/download/4486198-bcb)

The dog is having ice cream for breakfast!

Oh Lee!
Thanks for sharing those pictures.
The one of Mt Evans is just breathtaking!
I would be so lost in all that beauty. I don't think I could concentrate on anything LOL
I would spend all my time in the mountains just being in all that beauty.
Can't believe you are getting snow in may! It was cool here last night. It was 43 this Am when I got up.
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Penthesilea on May 13, 2008, 12:17:45 pm: Quote from: Front-Ranger on May 13, 2008, 10:07:10 am
Five inches at my house today, and still coming down!!

(http://www.divshare.com/img/midsize/4486198-bcb.jpg) (http://www.divshare.com/download/4486198-bcb)

The dog is having ice cream for breakfast!

Are you kidding me gurl?

:o :o :o

Last year I dragged warm clothes along and didn't need one piece of it. This year I thought I'll leave all the warm stuff at home and I surely won't bring a winter jacket. But seeing this, I might change my mind and at least pack a warm, thick pullover and some thin tights (ya know, those nylon thingies - god I hate them, didn't need them the whole winter here in Germany).
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on May 13, 2008, 12:21:20 pm: Well, maybe I should say I was wearing shorts and sleeveless top on Saturday to give the full picture! Don't worry, friend, I will throw several extra parkas (maybe blue ones!) in the car for those unpredictable days!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: loneleeb3 on May 13, 2008, 12:23:25 pm: Quote from: Front-Ranger on May 13, 2008, 12:21:20 pm
Well, maybe I should say I was wearing shorts and sleeveless top on Saturday to give the full picture! Don't worry, friend, I will throw several extra parkas (maybe blue ones!) in the car for those unpredictable days!

Sure wish I could be there :-\

I'm afraid by the time I can get there I'll be the only Brokie Left! LOL
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on May 13, 2008, 12:40:08 pm: If you wanna catch the Cheyenne Rodeo with Amanda and me in mid-July, Lee, I'm sure you'd be welcome. Don't worry, we'll be beating a path to Brokenback all summer long!!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on August 16, 2008, 10:05:48 pm: Hey, I heard there was snow in Loveland Pass in Colorado today!

And it's only the middle of August! :o
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: injest on August 16, 2008, 10:18:24 pm: Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on August 16, 2008, 10:05:48 pm
Hey, I heard there was snow in Loveland Pass in Colorado today!

And it's only the middle of August! :o

what? Dana was trying to tell us that and we called him a story teller!

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Post by: jstephens9 on August 16, 2008, 10:26:57 pm: I heard that too. It is much too early for snow. I don't think I would like that much.
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Post by: horo04 on August 16, 2008, 10:37:18 pm: Quote from: Front-Ranger on April 28, 2008, 10:36:02 am
Here is a picture of the closest "fourteener" to me, Mt. Evans, taken this morning on my ride to work!

(http://www.divshare.com/img/midsize/4368960-562.JPG) (http://www.divshare.com/download/4368960-562)
Beautiful pic...reminds me of my drive-to-work scenery too..except without all the Denver smog! ;D
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on August 25, 2008, 09:15:08 am: I hear there were tornadoes in Denver yesterday! :o

Everybody OK out there? ???

(All that Democratic hot air in town this week, I'd expect more bad weather if I lived there. ...)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on August 25, 2008, 09:22:15 am: Apparently this news was all over the East Coast but I didn't know anything about it. If there were tornadoes, it was just our unique way of welcoming the Democrats LOL! In my aerie on the Front Range, the skies grew threatening around noon but cleared up again, then clouded over in the late afternoon for our customary spatter of raindrops to make everything sparkle as the sun was going down. We welcomed a visitor from Ireland and his plane touched down at DIA right on time, so no tornadoes at the airport either!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on August 25, 2008, 11:47:01 am: Quote from: Front-Ranger on August 25, 2008, 09:22:15 am
Apparently this news was all over the East Coast but I didn't know anything about it.

There was film on the Today show this morning of a twister narrowly missing somebody's house.
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Post by: Front-Ranger on August 25, 2008, 12:23:16 pm: Now that you mention it, my son said he saw a funnel cloud way to the SE on the plains. The only reason it got covered, I'm sure, was because of all the press in town for the DNC.
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on October 12, 2008, 03:23:28 pm: Heard a rumour that there was snow in the Big Horns in recent days...a report of 10 inches over on the Montana/Idaho border. Here on the Front Range, there's just mist and rain so far. I spied a couple of lovely sights on my way home last night:

(http://www.divshare.com/img/5569932-c2d.jpg)

(http://www.divshare.com/img/5569929-60b.jpg)
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Post by: Artiste on October 12, 2008, 04:17:36 pm: I heard about one foot of snow had fallen too!

And more is to come... soon or now.

Love your pic of that animal, Front-Ranger!
And the other too!

More pics?

Au revoir,
hugs! I miss my penpal who lived in the Grands Tetons! He would have told us about that snow, since he was a ranger or so, (guide) there, but this gay man was murdered and I doubt if the murderer was found! He was kind soul, and even moose came to eat among his horses, which photos I had of that he had posted to me!
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Post by: loneleeb3 on October 16, 2008, 05:39:35 pm: Apparently my cousin lives in Montannta and they got a ton of snow he said.
Snow, lord I wish we would get some. Hell, we ain't had any rain in almost 28days.
Course it is still in the 80's! LOL We are supposed to cool down abit by the weekend.
One day I want to sit in my living room by a nice fire in a big stone fireplace and lookout the wall of windows to my right and see snow covered mountains! Ahhhh what a dream.............
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Post by: Front-Ranger on November 19, 2008, 11:06:47 am: I hope you wake up some day and find out your dream is real, friend!

Another lovely Indian Summer day in the Rocky Mountains. I will be having lunch with my friend Yusef, and eating on the patio of a local restaurant, from where I can take in a lovely view of the snow-covered mountains!!
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Post by: Front-Ranger on December 15, 2008, 01:34:34 pm: At last, snow coupled with cold temps, so it will likely stick more than an hour. Here's me with my trusty snow dog.

(http://www.divshare.com/img/midsize/6096580-192.JPG) (http://www.divshare.com/download/6096580-192)
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on December 15, 2008, 02:10:22 pm: Quote from: Front-Ranger on December 15, 2008, 01:34:34 pm
At last, snow coupled with cold temps, so it will likely stick more than an hour. Here's me with my trusty snow dog.

(http://www.divshare.com/img/midsize/6096580-192.JPG) (http://www.divshare.com/download/6096580-192)

Got your skis waxed? :)
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Post by: Front-Ranger on December 22, 2008, 10:07:27 pm: No, friend, but I've got my snowshoes stringed!!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on January 04, 2009, 12:39:08 pm: Quote
I saw some very interesting tracks in the snow and followed them for quite a while. They were different than the snowshoe rabbit tracks I had seen all around. These tracks might have been a badger, a fox or a small bobcat. I was grateful that they showed me the way through the woods.

Been researching what animal might have produced these tracks. Narrowed it down to either a pine marten or a long-tailed weasel. They spend much of their time in the subnivean environment and feed on mice, voles, snowshoe hares, pine squirrels, and songbirds.
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: loneleeb3 on January 04, 2009, 05:19:38 pm: Quote from: Front-Ranger on December 15, 2008, 01:34:34 pm
At last, snow coupled with cold temps, so it will likely stick more than an hour. Here's me with my trusty snow dog.

(http://www.divshare.com/img/midsize/6096580-192.JPG) (http://www.divshare.com/download/6096580-192)
Great pic Lee!!
It looks so pretty (how could it not with you in the pic) ;)
Wish we were getting snow here. It's 72 according to the thermometer out back.
I'm worried my fruit trees are going to bloom before I can get them pruned at this rate.
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Post by: Front-Ranger on January 04, 2009, 05:28:14 pm: <blush> friend, that embarassed me so much, I decided not to quote you! But thanks, enniway!!

The thought of blooming fruit trees (I assume there are some peach?) is intoxicating for us snow-bound Northerners. Can you post the scent for us, friend? 8)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: loneleeb3 on January 04, 2009, 08:52:04 pm: Quote from: Front-Ranger on January 04, 2009, 05:28:14 pm
<blush> friend, that embarassed me so much, I decided not to quote you! But thanks, enniway!!

The thought of blooming fruit trees (I assume there are some peach?) is intoxicating for us snow-bound Northerners. Can you post the scent for us, friend? 8)

Yep got 2 peach, 3 apple,3 plum and a pear.
DOn't know about the scent but I sure enuff can post some pictures when they bloom!
Lets hope they can hold off til April though!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on June 15, 2009, 01:58:17 pm: Quote from: Front-Ranger on October 04, 2006, 06:57:03 pm

(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-8/1210035/kapu.jpg)

This one was taken on Memorial Day weekend!!

This is a sad day in the Rocky Mountains. My half-husky, half-malamute Kapu succumbed to hip displaysia yesterday. May he rest in peace. Kapu, 1996-2009.
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on June 15, 2009, 03:31:39 pm: Quote from: Front-Ranger on June 15, 2009, 01:58:17 pm
This is a sad day in the Rocky Mountains. My half-husky, half-malamute Kapu succumbed to hip displaysia yesterday. May he rest in peace. Kapu, 1996-2009.

:'(
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on June 15, 2009, 04:29:09 pm: Quote from: Front-Ranger on December 15, 2008, 01:34:34 pm

(http://www.divshare.com/img/midsize/6096580-192.JPG) (http://www.divshare.com/download/6096580-192)

Thanks very much, Jeff. Another pic of me and my dog.
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on June 15, 2009, 05:55:58 pm: Quote from: Front-Ranger on June 15, 2009, 04:29:09 pm
Thanks very much, Jeff. Another pic of me and my dog.

Sure enough. It always makes me sad to learn of the death of someone's beloved companion animal. If it's true what they say about "dog years" and "human years," I guess Kapu had a long life, and I'm sure it was a very good life. :)
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Post by: Meryl on June 15, 2009, 06:31:31 pm: I'm really sorry to hear about Kapu, Lee. Big hugs to you and your family now. :(
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Post by: Front-Ranger on June 15, 2009, 09:25:19 pm: Thanks, Meryl. I didn't think I would miss the furry beast this much!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Penthesilea on June 16, 2009, 04:53:58 am: Quote from: Front-Ranger on June 15, 2009, 01:58:17 pm
This is a sad day in the Rocky Mountains. My half-husky, half-malamute Kapu succumbed to hip displaysia yesterday. May he rest in peace. Kapu, 1996-2009.

Oh, I'm sorry to hear. I was happy enough to bury my hands in that wonderful thick fur of his. Such a beautiful and friendly dog.
RIP Kapu

{{{Lee}}}

(http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m47/Penthesilea06/IM000961-1.jpg)
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Post by: Front-Ranger on June 16, 2009, 09:29:58 am: Quote from: Penthesilea on June 16, 2009, 04:53:58 am

Oh, I'm sorry to hear. I was happy enough to bury my hands in that wonderful thick fur of his. Such a beautiful and friendly dog.
RIP Kapu

{{{Lee}}}
(http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m47/Penthesilea06/IM000961-1.jpg)

Thank you for your thoughts friend, and for that wonderful picture which I haven't seen before! We had just bought a "furminator" for Kapu too. But, it didn't work. His hair was too thick!!
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Post by: loneleeb3 on June 16, 2009, 07:40:39 pm: Oh Lee, I am so sorry!
I can't believe I'm just seeing this!
I usually love reading your "snowfall" updates!
forgive me for being so slack!
:'(
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on June 16, 2009, 07:48:02 pm: It actually snowed a little last weekend in Grand Junction where my son was in a bicycle race, friend Rich. And I was out overnight camping with friends when my dogs legs gave up, so my daughter was the one who had to take him for his last ride to the vet. It feels so strange for the great furry beast not to be here and I didn't even get a chance to say goodbye. But last Thursday evening there was a break between rainstorms and he and I stepped out for a walk. He was all perky, enjoying the smells of the neighborhood. We investigated gopher holes together and after the hike I gave him a nice bone. So, I'm glad and will have good memories.

Meanwhile, it's thundering outside and I guess we've missed our chance for a rainless evening. It's been at least two weeks of daily rainstorms!! And we just had eight straight days of extreme weather reports, everything from hail, lightning, and wind, to actual tornadoes!! This is highly unusual for summer in the Rocky Mountains!!
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Post by: LauraGigs on June 16, 2009, 08:06:59 pm: I'm very sorry about Kapu, Lee! :'(

He definitely had a "sweet life". I've always thought rocky-mountain area dogs are the happiest dogs you'll see anywhere!
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on June 16, 2009, 10:23:00 pm: In his pictures he looks like he was a very huggable dog. :)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on June 16, 2009, 11:25:30 pm: Quote from: Front-Ranger on May 13, 2008, 10:07:10 am
Five inches at my house today, and still coming down!!

(http://www.divshare.com/img/midsize/4486198-bcb.jpg) (http://www.divshare.com/download/4486198-bcb)

The dog is having ice cream for breakfast!

I didn't realize I had posted so many pics of my dog!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on June 16, 2009, 11:48:27 pm: My dog and snow were practically synonymous.

(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-8/1210035/DSCN1170.JPG)
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Post by: Front-Ranger on June 16, 2009, 11:50:17 pm: A familiar pose.

(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-8/1210035/DSCN1072.JPG)
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Post by: Front-Ranger on June 16, 2009, 11:53:15 pm: Kapu liked to "supervise" the children while they did homework in front of the fire.

(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-8/1210035/jotul.JPG)
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Post by: Front-Ranger on June 16, 2009, 11:55:01 pm: He was a good friend.

(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-8/1210035/DSCN1081.JPG)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on September 22, 2009, 08:35:33 am: So I heard on this morning's news that it snowed near Denver yesterday, on the last full day of summer!

I guess summer is over for another year.

Happy Fall Equinox, everyone! :D
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on November 27, 2009, 02:51:20 am: Mother Nature has been generous with the snow in the Rocky Mountains, and ski season has been in effect for more than a month already! This contrasts with the Eastern Seaboard where I hear that Mount Washington is nearly devoid of snow altogether!
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Post by: horo04 on November 28, 2009, 01:58:23 am: The Yule season will be upon us once again...snow & all.
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Post by: Front-Ranger on November 29, 2009, 11:48:41 pm: Hay, friend! Nice to see you again after all this time. Horo you doing, hehe!!
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Post by: Front-Ranger on January 07, 2010, 06:16:13 pm: Yesterday's snow is today's winter wonderland:

(http://www.divshare.com/img/midsize/10073825-5dc.JPG) (http://www.divshare.com/download/10073825-5dc)
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Post by: Front-Ranger on January 07, 2010, 06:17:38 pm: (http://www.divshare.com/img/midsize/10073827-c65.JPG) (http://www.divshare.com/download/10073827-c65)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on January 07, 2010, 06:18:34 pm: (http://www.divshare.com/img/midsize/10073828-9f2.JPG) (http://www.divshare.com/download/10073828-9f2)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on January 07, 2010, 06:19:50 pm: (http://www.divshare.com/img/midsize/10073829-1b2.JPG) (http://www.divshare.com/download/10073829-1b2)
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Post by: Front-Ranger on January 07, 2010, 06:20:43 pm: (http://www.divshare.com/img/midsize/10073830-0cc.JPG) (http://www.divshare.com/download/10073830-0cc)
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Post by: Front-Ranger on March 10, 2010, 08:20:06 pm: Snowing heavily in the Rocky Mountains tonite, and a severe weather alert for the Riverton, Wyoming, area!
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on March 24, 2010, 03:52:49 pm: I hear there's snow again in the Denver area.

It's a lovely day--for March--here in Philadelphia. :)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on May 13, 2010, 01:42:11 am: Almost two months on...and it's more snow! That's right friends...several inches of snow on the ground, in mid-May! the weather box says this:

Severe Weather Alert

71°F
Rain
Feels Like: 71°F
Humidity: 85%
Wind: WSW 11 mph

This is for Childress, TX!!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Monika on May 13, 2010, 01:59:47 am: Quote from: Front-Ranger on May 13, 2010, 01:42:11 am
Almost two months on...and it's more snow! That's right friends...several inches of snow on the ground, in mid-May! the weather box says this:

Severe Weather Alert

71°F
Rain
Feels Like: 71°F
Humidity: 85%
Wind: WSW 11 mph

This is for Childress, TX!!
:o :o

I thought it was steaming hot in Texas by now. Boy was I wrong
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: David In Indy on May 13, 2010, 02:11:36 am: Well, Childress is located in the southeast corner of the Texas Panhandle, and the weather in the panhandle can be very tricky.

I think it is one of those "if you don't like the weather, wait a minute" type of deals, like Indiana! lol

I'm sure the weather in the Texas Panhandle will "pan" out soon enough! ;) ;D
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on May 14, 2010, 04:51:59 pm: hehe!! As for the Rocky Mountains, it looks like it's fixin' to snow again...for the third day in a row!!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on May 14, 2010, 07:05:55 pm: Quote from: Front-Ranger on May 14, 2010, 04:51:59 pm
hehe!! As for the Rocky Mountains, it looks like it's fixin' to snow again...for the third day in a row!!

The Rockies are beautiful with snow on them. :)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on September 07, 2010, 09:23:17 am: Severe weather alert in Riverton, Wyoming, today, and it's currently 35 degrees there!

A sure sign of fall at my house. The cat was nosing among the covers of my bed at night, trying to creep under a blanket. :-\

And there are funny noises outside, creaks, whistles, moans, trills. It's the bugling of the elk!!
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Post by: Jeff Wrangler on September 07, 2010, 11:00:53 am: I hope that fire isn't anywhere near your place. :(
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on September 07, 2010, 05:22:11 pm: Nope, up in the canyons west of Boulder. :)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on September 07, 2010, 06:40:53 pm: Quote from: Front-Ranger on September 07, 2010, 05:22:11 pm
Nope, up in the canyons west of Boulder. :)

That's good. :) I hear a number of people have lost their homes. :(
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on September 25, 2010, 10:15:06 pm: Took my mother up into the mountains to see the aspen trees' a'turning on Friday. Lovely golds, russets, grays, greens, and for the icing on the cake...a frosting of snow on the Fourteeners!! Pictures here soon...
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Post by: Front-Ranger on October 25, 2010, 08:07:35 pm: Two Colorado ski areas opened today...Loveland (which is always the first) and Arapahoe Basin!! Yee-haw!!! ;D
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on November 24, 2010, 10:33:41 am: Some serious snowing going on here in the Rocky Mountains. Skiers are rejoicing!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 20, 2010, 01:27:05 pm: A snowfall of epic proportions is forecast in the coming days for the Rocky Mountains...up to 6 feet. Meanwhile, I didn't even wear a jacket on my morning walk to the clubhouse today. It was about 55 degrees.
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Post by: Front-Ranger on December 25, 2010, 12:18:12 pm: 51 degrees will be the high today...I'll go outside and have a sunbath after I'm finished cooking!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: CellarDweller on December 25, 2010, 10:44:06 pm: Meanwhile, in NJ....... ;D

A major snowstorm is supposed to hit the East Coast. Supposedly, we're expected to get about a foot of snow here Sunday night into Monday.
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Post by: Shakesthecoffecan on December 26, 2010, 01:04:48 am: It is still snowing here. White Xmess, tomorrow it will just be white mess.
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Lynne on December 26, 2010, 02:08:32 am: Quote from: CellarDweller on December 25, 2010, 10:44:06 pm
Meanwhile, in NJ....... ;D

A major snowstorm is supposed to hit the East Coast. Supposedly, we're expected to get about a foot of snow here Sunday night into Monday.

Yes, it's all Mama can talk about - she's getting ready for her second BIG BLIZZARD. Evidently she and my dad were in Chicago during the 1967 blizzard, so I found this article for her.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/chi-chicagodays-1967blizzard-story,0,1032940.story (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/chi-chicagodays-1967blizzard-story,0,1032940.story)

She credits Dad with saving her life - they had to abandon their car and walk to my uncle's house about eight blocks away, two or three blocks closer than their house. She says she wouldn't have made it without Dad pulling her behind him, blazing the trail, through 7 foot drifts. She wasn't pregnant with me yet.

I've been given instructions about what to do tomorrow morning before the storm starts, including filling the car up with gas.

"Mom, we don't have a car. We live in the city. Depending on how things go, some of the buses will run and others won't or will run less often. We're going to stay inside where it's warm."

;) ::)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on December 30, 2010, 04:21:35 pm: At last it's snowing on the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains! I was driving around with my window open in 55 degree weather yesterday; today I doubt if it will make it out of the 20s. I'm about ready to do my blanket wearing happy dance!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on January 12, 2011, 08:50:33 pm: It's 1 degree in Riverton tonight, but feels like -9 with the wind chill. Git along little doggies!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on January 20, 2011, 09:47:01 am: It's s'posed to snow again here tonight. At least it's not supposed to be another ice storm.
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on April 13, 2011, 09:52:06 pm: It's snowing cats and dogs in the Rocky Mtns tonight!!
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Jeff Wrangler on April 14, 2011, 08:46:21 am: Quote from: Tony-Ranger on April 13, 2011, 09:52:06 pm
It's snowing cats and dogs in the Rocky Mtns tonight!!

"April is the cruelest month."
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Monika on April 14, 2011, 08:50:06 am: Quote from: Tony-Ranger on April 13, 2011, 09:52:06 pm
It's snowing cats and dogs in the Rocky Mtns tonight!!
brrrr
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Sason on April 14, 2011, 02:18:39 pm: Quote from: Tony-Ranger on April 13, 2011, 09:52:06 pm
It's snowing cats and dogs in the Rocky Mtns tonight!!

(http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm156/bbmuppslukad/postade%20bilder%202011/candd.jpg)
Title: Re: Brokeback Weather Alert - Snowfall Coming to Higher Mountains
Post by: Front-Ranger on April 14, 2011, 04:17:15 pm: Cute!! Today the grass is greening up nicely thanks to the moisture. Snow has melted from the roads but the ground is still covered with fresh snow. The deer are cavorting, high on their minty grass and ice cream treat!!