Thursday, May 19, 2011

When it rains, it pours...


Seems that Mother Nature is a month behind... we are deep in the showers, haven't seen any May flowers. High today is predicted to be in the 40s with heavy rain. Continuing flash flood warnings. Our plan is to start our trek west in a day or two, weather permitting... I'm concerned that rain at this elevation will turn to snow as we gain elevation heading west.

Adding to the woes of the Jackson/Tetons area, there has been a big landslide that is blocking one of the main roads into the area from the south (not along our route there); the ground is still moving there, and I'm hearing that it may take 6 to 8 weeks to clear that slide. Not good.

The marina manager sent me a photo of our RV site - they have plowed it out for our arrival.


I may have to borrow a shovel to clean up the snow on the edges so we can get in there. Or maybe it will melt in two days? Oh, and look - there's a rainbow with a unicorn under it! ;-)

2 comments:

MaryLou said...

You know I had a friend once who believed in "reverse sympathetic magic" such as "if you go to the effort of making room for a small snow shovel in your trailer, you'll never need it" Hope the weather inproves for you. It's been soggy here in the east too though nothing like further west.

Mary Lou

Captain Jim and the Blonde said...

Hi MaryLou,

That's good thinking! We made it through about 2/3 of Wyoming today; calling it a night due to precip and falling temps. I may have to go look for a folding shovel. ;-)

Best wishes,
Jim