epistolary

[ilanarama]

Dear La Niña,

It's not that I actually mind walking downtown in shorts and a t-shirt in mid-November. But the mountains look kind of stark, all brown with no snow on them. More importantly, we ponied up for weekday passes at Purgatory Durango Mountain Resort, and we would like to get our money's worth this year. And of course, this year's snowfall will turn into next summer's water supply, and the plants I put in the yard this summer are going to die if I can't give them at least a little.

Yes, I know that it's still early in the winter, and our big snowfalls typically happen later. But we're currently at 10% of normal snowpack for this time of year, which does not bode well. So if you don't mind, could you move the jet stream just a tad southward? The San Juan River Basin will thank you.

Sincerely yours,
Ilana

Comments

[de-wynken.livejournal.com]

dangit..here I am stuck on the rez and missing out on Durango's fine extended short skirt season..sigh.

Tell ya what..I drove up to Mancos and into Echo Basin, Saturday, in the jeep with the rear window down. It was cold!! There's ice up there! And a wee bit of snow.

[ilanarama.livejournal.com]

Hee! All the little Ft. Lewis girls are strutting their stuff.

And you saw snow in the La Platas? Woo! I guess the problem here is that I'm looking up at the SE faces of stuff, where everything melts immediately in these temperatures with this sunshine.

[de-wynken.livejournal.com]

I bet they are, the wee trollops!

Yes..all the northern faces had some..granted we're not talking endless snowdrifts, just some slight ground cover..and foot slick ice over some of the trails. I had to educate my friend on the fine art of sliding backwards on it till a tire catches the dirt on the side of the trail.. ;)