2018 Weather around the world
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Shanazel
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Hi, Daimona, and happy new year to you, too. December and early January were frigid but we've managed to creep above freezing the last couple of days. Of course, the wind chill drags temps right back down but the snow is melting and that's good. Need to get rid of the old stuff before the next storm.
Only 133 days to the quasi-official frost-free date for central Wyoming. Time to clean off the garden tools, hmm?
Only 133 days to the quasi-official frost-free date for central Wyoming. Time to clean off the garden tools, hmm?
Ariadne
Well-known member
Happy New Year!
Our snow pack is substandard and the winter has passed to quickly. It's time to trim our trees and bushes (two weeks early) and we'll be living off of reservoir water for the next year unless there's an unexpected snowstorm that drops a load on our nearby mountains. Well I guess that is why we have the reservoirs for; it's a desert, water fluctuates wildly from year to year.
It has been sprinkling though so maybe there's hope.
... I wonder when I should start the indoor seeds for transplant...
Our snow pack is substandard and the winter has passed to quickly. It's time to trim our trees and bushes (two weeks early) and we'll be living off of reservoir water for the next year unless there's an unexpected snowstorm that drops a load on our nearby mountains. Well I guess that is why we have the reservoirs for; it's a desert, water fluctuates wildly from year to year.
It has been sprinkling though so maybe there's hope.
... I wonder when I should start the indoor seeds for transplant...
Ariadne
Well-known member
It's Washington County in the South-West corner of the state and the NE (high) Mojave Desert. It has the nickname of Utah's Dixie because the original settlers came here to grow cotton during the Civil War when it became scarce. The cotton mill they used back then is still around and is currently a plant (Starr) nursery.
So yes it's usually quite warm.
Hence why I identify my location as the NE Mojave Desert and not the Southern Rockies (though we are that too). People think of the Rockies or just Utah and they think Skiing etc. Here we have the Desert Tortoise and those Mojave Rattlers you used to study plus lots of sand. You can even see the north rim of the Grand Canyon from any hilltop.
A little bit of trivia, the outlaws that rode the Outlaw Trail would pass through here on their way to California so we used to have landmarks that could boast of having been visited frequently by the James Brothers and others like the Sundance Kid. One of the James Brothers even retired here and died of old age. Over time though the buildings have all been condemned and torn down with the exception of what used to be the whore house. At the moment I believe it's a restaurant that does reservation only Mystery Dinners.
I cried a little when Dick's Cafe died. It not only had seen outlaws it was a favorite place for the actors back when Hollywood would film those old black and white westerns out here. It had a log hitching post that the actors would ride up too, tie the horses up, then get lunch in between filming. Their signed autographs were displayed behind the bar.
So yes it's usually quite warm.
Hence why I identify my location as the NE Mojave Desert and not the Southern Rockies (though we are that too). People think of the Rockies or just Utah and they think Skiing etc. Here we have the Desert Tortoise and those Mojave Rattlers you used to study plus lots of sand. You can even see the north rim of the Grand Canyon from any hilltop.
A little bit of trivia, the outlaws that rode the Outlaw Trail would pass through here on their way to California so we used to have landmarks that could boast of having been visited frequently by the James Brothers and others like the Sundance Kid. One of the James Brothers even retired here and died of old age. Over time though the buildings have all been condemned and torn down with the exception of what used to be the whore house. At the moment I believe it's a restaurant that does reservation only Mystery Dinners.
I cried a little when Dick's Cafe died. It not only had seen outlaws it was a favorite place for the actors back when Hollywood would film those old black and white westerns out here. It had a log hitching post that the actors would ride up too, tie the horses up, then get lunch in between filming. Their signed autographs were displayed behind the bar.
Shanazel
Moderator
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.
Temps around 20 degrees F. Been snowing for twenty four hours or so without let up. I taught a class all day today and out I go to teach it tomorrow as well. Husband just took off to go to the symphony concert. I felt obligated to stay home in front of the fire and perform my most essential duty as cat furniture.
Temps around 20 degrees F. Been snowing for twenty four hours or so without let up. I taught a class all day today and out I go to teach it tomorrow as well. Husband just took off to go to the symphony concert. I felt obligated to stay home in front of the fire and perform my most essential duty as cat furniture.
Shanazel
Moderator
I've been on vacation in Texas/Arkansas for two weeks, including a two day drive each way. I saw everything from torrential rain to hurricane force winds to blizzard during that time. Scorching heat is about the only thing I missed! Today in the last twenty miles before I crossed the Wyoming border, I saw six (count 'em, six) semi trucks laying on the side of the freeway. The Powers That Be closed both I25 and I80 to high profile, light vehicles due to 60+ mph winds. Had a few moments when I thought I was going off the road thanks to a particularly hard burst of wind. The wind was kicking up so much dust in Pueblo, CO that one would never know there were mountains only a few miles away.