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twink
True Blue Farmgirl
131 Posts
Deb
Rapid City
SD
USA
131 Posts |
 Posted - Nov 09 2009 : 07:33:44 AM
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I know it's still technically fall, but jeepers. The first week in October we had snow and even a couple of blizzards. I-90 was shut down from the middle of SD to the western WY border, and that covers one heck of a lot of territory, believe me.
For the past three weeks we've been in the high 50's, 60's and even 70's. Last Wednesday it was 82°.  Grrrrr.
For the record I will tell all you gals right now that I am a winter person. I LOVE cool/cold/freezing weather. My DH and I like to snowshoe and even do a little cross-country. When we were younger we used to downhill, but we do very little of that anymore. For about nine years we had so little moisture in this area (including snow) that it was not good skiing anyway and the manmade snow just isn't the same.
We have two local ski areas within 50 miles; Terry Peak and Deer Mountain which are both located near Deadwood. Our DIL's Dad is a part-time ski instructor there and they have a condo so we are invited to spend a weekend occasionally. It's nice but I'd rather just snowshoe for a while, head down into Deadwood for a nice dinner and a couple swigs of wine, gamble a little and then head home. 
At any rate, I'm ready and waiting for more winter.   Last winter we finally had some measureable snow and this spring we had lots of rain. All the bushes and trees just loved it, but we also had very little sunshine, so my container gardening idea went right down the tube. Had the pots all ready to go, but I never did put in the seeds because they would have rotted before they sprouted, for sure. I can't start seeds indoors because I don't have enough room in the upper level, and it's too cold in the lower level. Sooooo, I'll wait and try again next year.
Autumn has been sort of a bust here too because the leaves on some of the trees never really changed colors. We had freezing weather very early, so the trees didn't get a chance to change to all the rich hues of fall - just went right to that ugly army green. Spearfish Canyon was beautiful, as always, because they are protected a bit from the early frosts and freezes. I also have some sort of bush next to my mailbox that gets bright, bright red every year. Even this year it did, which surprised me, and it was gorgeous until last week when we had winds of up to 40 mph for a couple of days. Now there ain't a leaf left on any of the bushes or trees in my part of town. All that's missing is the snow ...   
That's the weather situation in western SD! I have a feeling it's going to be a roller coaster year.
-Deb
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twink
True Blue Farmgirl
131 Posts
Deb
Rapid City
SD
USA
131 Posts |
Posted - Nov 09 2009 : 8:25:21 PM
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So, Alee, did you bathe the horse today? I know -- it's November. Can you believe this? Did Billings get snow in early October like we did? It was kinda unbelieveable. I remember getting snow on October 12th in about 2000, but that was the earliest we've had snow in many a year around here.
Do you ever get down to Deadwood?
-Deb
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Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss you'll land amongst the stars. - Anonymous |
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Where the heck is winter?
