So This Is Winter

You know how the weather seems to stay clear until you wash the car? Well, as I write this I can’t help thinking that the Gods are getting ready to wallop Denver with mounds of snow and frigid temperatures because I wrote this blog. My, I’m self-important aren’t I?

Before we moved here, I was really uneasy about how we would deal with the winter season. We haven’t lived in a climate where average daily highs fall below fifty degrees in over twenty years. But we have had it really easy so far. Most all of the snow that has fallen has been restricted to the mountains, where the ski resorts and the Colorado River benefit. So far, we haven’t had more than two or three inches at a time down here in Denver. We did have a couple of days of cold, but it was quickly over, even warming up to the sixty degree mark.

I see on the news today that the Plains are dealing with unbelievably frigid temperatures – as low as thirty seven degrees below zero! Yet we are supposed to climb to somewhere just under fifty degrees here. Those of you in California and Florida may think that fifty degrees sounds cold, but those of you in the Midwest know that fifty degrees is practically barbecue weather.

And so we wait and we watch as the Midwest gets the worst of the winter season, wondering when our turn will come. And surely it will. For those of you suffering in the cold right now, our thoughts are with you. Stay warm and safe. And hey, you can always come to Denver for a weekend warm up.