FINALLY: Snow on a day off!

[Zomby Woof]

A beautiful morning here on the Coconino Plateau, watching the snowfall outside my window...

Kiko is enjoying it too... he never quite knows what to make of snow. :-)

Cocoa, anyone? :mug:

[yvr girl]

1. Snow in November

Wow, that's early, but enjoy.

[Zomby Woof]

4. The first snowfall was October 17

And again a week later... about 4 inches the first time, 6 the next...

Just above freezing now, so very little has accumulated.

No way of knowing how the winter will shape up, but the skiiers and snowboarders should be happy once the AZ SnowBowl opens.

[Sabriel]

2. No snow in WI yet

And I'm not hoping for it, either. I'll just imagine your lovely scene instead.

[Zomby Woof]

5. by all means...

Enjoy the vicarious snow... no shovelling or driving needed. :-)

[Left Is Write]

3. I'm having a hot cup of coffee.

But cocoa is nice too. :)

No snow here, and not likely to have any for a while. It snows like crazy up in the mountains, but I have yet to see a white Christmas here (in the Boise area).

[Zomby Woof]

6. Coffee is all I have...

(As the resident purveyor of coffee in the Lounge...) I actually fixed coffee because all I have is Hershey's Cocoa, which makes a great cup of hot chocolate, but takes too much work this morning, lol. :-)

[oldtime dfl_er]

7. Boise isn't snowy?

Wow, I've been misinformed! What's it like there in winter?

[Left Is Write]

8. No, it's not.

Boise is in the valley, surrounded by mountains. The mountains get a ton of snow. I have so far had four Christmases here, and none of them have been white. It snows after Christmas, and sometimes it sticks for a few days, but mostly it melts. My kids have had enough snow to make snowmen only twice in four winters.

We moved here in October of 2000; in July of 2000 we had purchased a brand new snowblower (we're Minnesotans! Of course we had to have a snowblower!). We never once used the snowblower. Last spring, we finally traded it to a friend for a beer fridge (the friend was moving to South Dakota).

In the winter here, it's often cloudy and gray and cold. If there's an inversion, the streets can get icy. Right now, we have bright blue skies and 30s-ish temperatures. We're supposed to have a colder than normal winter this year, so maybe we'll get more snow. A white Christmas would be nice.

[oldtime dfl_er]

13. Im an ex-pat Minnesotan too

I moved to the Seattle area specifically for the weather. It sounds a lot like your Boise weather. I'm hoping for snow here this Christmas as well. But what I love about the snow in Seattle is that (1) it shuts the city down, and (2) it's gone in two days!

[Left Is Write]

16. It's colder here than Seattle.

And hotter here in the summer. Seattle is a little more temperate; I really like it there.

I thought you might be a Minnesotan when I saw "DFL-er" in your name. :) My husband and I are looking to move back before too much more time passes.

[oldtime dfl_er]

19. you shouldn't have sold the snowblower then!

Im never moving back. Love the countryside (especially the MN River valley area around Jordan) and the north country, but can't stand the cold. It's a great place to visit, as far as Im concerned!

[Left Is Write]

20. We can get another snowblower.

We really wanted that beer fridge.

Minnesota is home to me. Born, raised...and almost my entire family (and my husband's) is there. I want my kids raised near their grandparents and cousins. I'm tired of missing family get togethers and feeling isolated from the people we love the most.

[meow2u3]

17. Hot cup of coffee?!

Is the cup hot and the coffee cold, or are you having a cup of hot coffee?
<j/k>

[Left Is Write]

18. The cup and the coffee are both hot.

Excellent for warming icy cold hands.

(Yeah, yeah, I get the grammar dig - making those kinds of cracks is usually my job. ;))

[Clinton Crusader]

9. ZW, where is Coconino Plateau?

I LOVE winter and snow and we dont get NEAR enough of it. 1996 was a fantastic year though we had about 6 blizzards and constantly had 20 inches on the ground. Seriously! Every week there was a blizzard! Almanac predicts alot of snow for the Northeast this year. :bounce:

[Zomby Woof]

11. In northern AZ

Part of the grander plateau called the Colorado Plateau, home of the Navajos, Hopis, and the Grand Canyon.

We're in a pine-tree forested, mountainous region, just north of the Mogollon Rim... it's beautiful countryside here. :hi:

[Clinton Crusader]

14. how envious I am!!!

I love the country, and this just isnt country ENOUGH. I want to live somewhere where it's winter all the time and snow is always around! LOATHE summer..... :puke:

[Zomby Woof]

24. come on out here

It does get into the 80's in the summer, but 50's at night... and winters start early and end late. :-)

[oldtime dfl_er]

15. oooh weren't they cute!

the Beatles, I mean

[ocean girl]

10. I'm not being a smart-ass, really, but we still have our air conditioning

on here in south Florida. I envy you having snow and cold weather. I'm so sick of being hot - especially after our year of hurricanes and no power, no water, no A/C.

Every night we check the weather to see if it's going to be cool enough to turn off the air, but so far only one night has been cool enough to sleep without waking up in a pool of sweat.

I know, boo-fu*king-hoo for us.

Tomorrow, we're flying up to D.C. area, where I understand we'll be very cold. I can't wait!

Peace.

[Zomby Woof]

12. I am sorry about what our FLA friends endured this year

A very tough year. Here's hoping the trip to DC goes well. :hi:

[ocean girl]

21. Thanks, Zomby!

I always enjoy your posts!

[Zomby Woof]

23. Appreciate that Ocean Girl!

You must be one of the 3 DUers I have not pissed off. ;-)

[OldLeftieLawyer]

22. Don't believe it

It's so warm here - in Alexandria, VA, right across the Potomac from DC - that people are walking around in t-shirts and shorts. It's a long, slow, autumn. We haven't had frost yet, believe it or not.

Pack accordingly. A raincoat, maybe, with a liner, in case it turns quickly, which can happen here.

Safe trip. The foliage here is still quite lovely.