Gavin and I typically go snowboarding during Spring Break. This year we had to ‘skip’ for a few reasons:
I was overseeing Colorado at work (hm, would have been perfect if I had the time – but was driving by all the resorts to visit stores. It was really hard doing that …).
We were waiting for the new Defender to arrive – which we’ve been waiting on for almost a year and a half. We were hoping it would arrive before Spring Break (and tariffs, obviously), but it showed up about 3 weeks after break (but before tariffs!).
Snow was really light this year in the Rockies. It was there, but just was really lighter than usual.
And now, after all the resorts have closed and we are in May – we are hit with days of storms which are yielding the mountains a lot of snow. Figures.
Well – at least it’s giving us good moisture for the summer. Hopefully that means less burn restrictions for the late summer camping …
Had some lightning in the area – got my GoPro and set to time-lapse, every 1 second. Out of about 1,000 photos … got 2. I suppose I’ll keep trying when we get the rare but appreciated thunderstorm …
‘Commuting’ to Tennessee like I am right now, the nights that I have been spending here seem to be getting more stressful with all of the tornadoes in this area of the country. Every day, regardless if a tornado has hit in the area, the weather is bad enough to where someone in the office comes in saying either a tree fell on their house, or a neighbor or relative. It’s crazy. This week while here, I drove down with my boss to meet with area managers in Alabama – where the area was hit with some of the most devastating tornadoes in US history last month. It was like something out of a movie …
The 2 videos below show just how surreal this can be … I still can’t get my head around the power of this weather.
The first video is the ‘during’, with the second showing the ‘day after’. These videos were taken in Joplin, MO – where a class 4 (Alabama’s where class 5s).
