It's snowing!

 Mke and I were in Colorado Springs this week visiting a very close friend who is in a physical rehab hospital - a hip replacement gone bad.  I was happy to see her, but good grief, if possible, the Springs has gotten worse, too many people, too many cars, too, too, too.  I am so happy to be back in Ouray.

There was no new snow while we were gone, and it appears there was a lot of melt.   Yesterday was the begining day of the Ouray Ice Festival.  It runs through Sunday.  As we came up 550 to turn onto Camp Bird Road, we were both remarking how many cars were in the big parking lot.  One of the articles I read in the Plaindealer is that the ice farmers do not like snow.  It creates ice pockets, which aren't very stable.  When it snows, they are constantly on the job brushing it away.  There isn't a lot of snow forecast for today, which is great for ice climbing, not so great for water supply.  

And speaking of the Plaindealer, there was a fantastic article in this week's edition about the Hot Springs pool and why there have been so many problems keeping the heat up.  I really liked that the article was written so that I could understand the technicalities of it.  

We're home for a while now, although I've been called for federal jury duty in Durango the entire month of February.  I have to call in every Friday night to see if my number is up.  I wish that I could just call them and say, "My husband is a trial lawyer."  Attorneys historically do not like people like me, and I always get bumped.  Maybe it's something else, but still.  If I'm over in Durango, Mike will be home with the dogs and will let me know if anything fun happens.