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Snow At Elevation

Published October 23rd, 2015 in Colorado

It snowed in the high country last night so today I cleared my schedule and drove up into the mountains to get a closer look at this season’s first snow.

Prelude to Nemo

Published February 7th, 2013 in Illinois

This year, The Weather Channel started naming winter storms in an attempt to grant blizzards a degree of meteorological grit previously reserved for tropical cyclones.

Snow Day

Published January 14th, 2013 in Buckinghamshire

It snowed last night and most of today and although the total accumulation didn’t top two inches, it made everything look wonderfully white. It also screwed up traffic across the midlands.

Jackson Lake Lodge

Published May 30th, 2011 in Wyoming

We drove into Grand Teton National Park along Highway 26, a ribbon of pavement that bisects the Teton National Forest from east to west. This quiet road winds its way through the pass between Mount Leidy and Mount Randolph.

January Then

Published January 16th, 2007 in Illinois

Just ten short days ago I thought autumn would last until March and that (further deluding myself) a mild-tempered March would give way to a sudden burst of vernal warmth.

First Snow

Published November 26th, 2004 in Illinois

First last night: it snowed. Thick heavy snow, the kind that muffles sounds and makes you feel cozy and warm inside despite dropping temperatures and frosty crystals floating outside in downward spirals and mad swarms.