11/07 Pancakes and Potato Chowder

As Mike Loebl would say, HRHRHRHR!

Well, we were planning on heading out to Flagstaff today, but KOWABUNGA, folks--we've been hit with another winter storm. I really wish Sam loved Christmas decorations, because Monty would look Saah-WEEEET(!) in some festive lights, an inflatable Santa, and a nativity scene out front. It's actually a shame we don't have it because it would sure make me feel better about this whole snowstorm in Arizona thing. Accuweather PROMISES us it's supposed to be clear tomorrow. We'll see. I've been known to seriously want to lay the smack down on Accuweather as I have spent many stormy nights while tent camping in Wisconsin.
Nora loves this crazy snow, and of course, is snoozing on her towel after her third romp of the day. We, on the other hand, got to spend the day doing laundry, eating pancakes, and making potato chowder in the slow cooker. Pretty soon, I'm about to crack open the Sutter Home, and we'll have to call it a party.

11/05 Snow Patrol!

We woke up this morning to four inches of snow on the ground. Little Miss Snow Speed Demon, Nora Woofington Swett, was in HEAVEN. She tore around the campground looking for lost hikers and the remains of campfires past.  This dog is just plain, FUNNY in the snow. She all of a sudden turns very, well, Swiss! She puts her working dog cap on, and just starts PATROLLING! Running beside us, she makes sure we haven't fallen in a deep snowbank, then she gallops ahead to check out any other dangers that await--you know--like avalanches, hot doggin' telemark skiers, unruly snowshoers, or lost Iditarod participants. She might not let us leave!

11/04 Hunkering Down

Nora and Sam "hunkering" on the couch

Oh Monty, I love you more and more each day... The weather has gotten nasty here. They're expecting a rain/snow mix tonight, and well, just plain yucky weather. After we went to the Grand Canyon, we headed on over to Safeway to pick up a bunch of helpful supplies like guacamole, beer, red wine, pancake mix, and refried beans. Oh yeah! Looks like this is gonna be a fun one!

10/08 We heart our internets

I think we're going to spend the day surfing and watching the Good Wife while the weather blows over.

10/08 DON'T WORRY! (updated)

We are NOT in that photo! We are hunkered down in our trailer.  So, we'd been checking CDOT for road conditions on the way to Cortez, and we knew this would be a wet...
Wait a minute! Sam just popped out of the trailer and stuck his head back in and said, "It's snowing!"
So anyway, we knew that driving conditions would be bad.  There are three ways to get to Cortez (which is clear right now), but they all involve going through a mountain pass. Last night, things still looked OK, but this morning, when we checked the CDOT cameras, we got a taste of reality.  In other words, we are waiting it out here in "The Springs" for a bit.  We'll keep everyone in the loop.

update -- here's our campsite at the moment... it's been raining for about 8 hours and there's a little snow mixed in.