Get Thee Back, Ol' Man Winter!

As spring gears up and starts rolling into summer, I am treated to the following weather report:

Snow showers in the morning will give way to a mixture of rain and snow
in for the afternoon.

Colder. High 37F. Winds WNW at 10 to 15 mph.

Chance of precipitation 70%. Snowfall around one inch.

Around one month from today, we will experience the summer solstice. Yes, already. And yet, in my neck of the woods, well, my woods are snowy. This morning as I watched the nationally syndicated news show that wakes me daily, I was treated to a national weather map that drew my attention to one thing only: it was snowing in Idaho.

Right next door in often bitterly cold Wyoming? Not a flake in sight. Montana? Sunny. Oregon? Well, it might have been raining, but it sure as hell wasn’t snowing.

Frankly, we need it. I am not going to bore you with water conservation and usage issues here in the Teton Valley (these people might, but I won’t). However, precipitation is just that. We need it due to the fact that we had such a dry winter. Remember that I am new to this place and the amount of snow was just fine with me. But in this high sage desert, lack of moisture is always a huge factor during the summer months.

Already, I am dreading camping without a fire, which is entirely possible due to our lack of substantial snow pack over the winter months. I have an image in my mind of Tim and I just sittin’ around with our headlamps on, staring at one another and the dog. BorING. Of course, I would do it just to get tent time, but camping really sucks without a fire.

So, snow. Big deal. What do I care?

It’s not really the snow. It’s the cold.

It’s the fact that April showers are supposed to bring freakin’ May flowers, okay?

I mean, couldn’t it just be 15 degrees warmer and raining?

I’d take that. Really, I would.