We just had another snow overnight, one that was apparently unexpected. Not much fell, but judging by news reports it made a huge mess of traffic, the roads were extremely slick. Our mountains got a couple inches of snow too, which helps with the ski resorts which were opening to very little natural snow at all, mostly relying on the man made stuff. So each one of the snow storms that drops a few inches helps the ski resorts. For me, I keep thinking back to last year when I spent my first night in this small but cozy lodge just outside the western entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park. There was as much snow as anybody could ever want, the skies were clear and clean with a deep blue. Behind my lodge and pictured above was a canal or stream that was free flowing, it had no sign of freezing over at all which really added to the scene, the water was reflecting that deep blue sky and with it being surrounded with perfectly white snow, it was quite the contrast. The water was as calm as could be, creating the perfect reflections in it. It was a breathtaking scene, and with the wonderful little lodge with the nice fireplace I am really looking forward to doing it again.
For those that hate winter or are stressed out with the christmas shopping, just picture yourself in a small cozy cabin like lodge with a fireplace going sitting in your chair with a nice cup of hot cocoa looking out to the scene pictured above.
