Over the rainbow

Mike and I are spending a few days in Kansas with my family so I can only report what I see on Ouray webcams and cell phone weather reports.  When my son flew out of Montrose on Sunday, the wind was ferocious, but there wasn't much damage up near us.  Telluride Ski was closed for the day due to wind.  Can you imagine how mad you'd be if you came to ski and couldn't because of Mother Nature?  Where would you put that mad?

Alex and Greg, our sons, and Alex's partner, Samantha, were with us for a few days, and all Alex and Sam wanted for Christmas was snow.  They live in Colorado Springs where it's been unseasonably warm.  When they woke up Christmas Eve morning, voila!  And it was such beautiful snow, heavy, full of moisture, and clinging to trees and branches.  

When Mike and I left Monday morning, snow was very light, but I'm seeing from weather reports that we have INCOMING!  Every day there's a good chance of snow.  I'm hoping that when we come back end of the week, we have to slog our way up the road to our house through piles and piles of snow.

And 750 miles to the east, 60 degrees and family frisbee golf tournament:

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