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After a lackluster winter along the Front Range, found ourselves pummeled by wet heavy snow – late, on May 18th. Last 4 years [we’ve] been surprised with a few inches in May. In Colorado: winter ain’t over, ’til it’s over 🙂
Looking forward to mountain flowers & high-flow snow-melt streams this June – unofficial start to Colorado HIKE season. Cabin in Leadville booked June 23rd-24th, bringing the pup – first 14er climb of 2017, Mt. Elbert.
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- she’s 24 today
May SNOW 2017
Whole lotta snowfall at Ash’s Silverthorne wedding venue – only 10 days away. Yikes!
KUSA – A late spring snow storm that created headaches for travelers on Colorado highways and postponed graduation ceremonies while providing some much needed moisture is moving out of the state on Friday.
But how just how much snow has fallen so far in your area?
Breckenridge – 16.5 inches
Nederland – 28 inches
Silverthorne – 16 inches
Estes Park – 31 inches
Boulder – 3.8 inches
Louisville – 9.8 inches
Colorado towns hit with 3 feet of snow. Happy May.
Doyle Rice , USA TODAY Published 10:52 a.m. ET May 19, 2017 |
A May snowstorm continued to pound the central and northern Rockies on Friday, a day after burying portions of Colorado under three feet of snow.
The storm has created headaches for travelers on highways, caused thousands of power outages and forced schools and businesses to close.
The highest reported snow total so far was 42 inches near Allenspark, Colo., the National Weather Service said. Many other locations picked up between two and three feet.
More snow is forecast Friday before it tapering off Saturday.
Interstate 80 and U.S. Route 30 from Laramie to Cheyenne, Wyo., closed in both directions Thursday night due to the heavy snow. Both roads remained closed as of early Friday morning, AccuWeather said.
The last time Cheyenne experienced such a significant snow event this late in spring was about 67 years ago, when Harry Truman was president, the Weather Channel said. In Denver, the storm marked the city’s biggest mid-May snow in 42 years.
Several high school graduation ceremonies in the Denver area were postponed due to the storm, KUSA-TV said. Thousands of people were without power as the heavy snow weighed down power lines.
The late-season snow event is not unheard of. Both Cheyenne and Denver have experienced accumulating snowfall even into early June in the past, AccuWeather meteorologist Ryan Adamson said.
Temperatures will warm up and conditions will improve over the weekend.
Who doesn’t yearn to visit a lawless Wild West town? Welcome to Deadwood, South Dakota!
Seemed fitting I slept in a casino, ate dinner ‘bove an old saloon. Breakfast’d next morning at Sheriff Bullock’s former hardware store. Bullock rode with Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough Riders & later attended his 1904 presidential inauguration.
It is said that “The inaugural celebration was the largest and most diverse of any in memory—cowboys, Indians (including the Apache Chief Geronimo), coal miners, soldiers, and students were some of the groups represented.” This was to illustrate how diverse a man that Teddy Roosevelt really was.
SUPER Saturday. Having already visited Custer State Park, Crazy Horse Memorial & Mount Rushmore, didn’t arrive in Deadwood ‘til late afternoon. Hotel check-in, clothes swap, got in my daily run. Started at Days of ’76 Museum – ‘cross Main Street from Cadillac Jack’s (my casino bedroom, pre-Mother’s Day). Followed Crescent Drive, down Dunlop & McKinley to Railroad Ave. Hugged Wildwood Creek two miles ‘til it emptied into Deadwood’s historic downtown. Nice trek.
Dinner reservations at Deadwood Social Club, like stepping back in time. Housed above Saloon No. 10 – site where Wild Bill Hickok was assassinated by Jack McCall while playing a game of poker August 2nd 1876. A+ atmosphere, limited non-cow menu.
Early to bed, early to rise. Read the history of Deadwood’s first Sheriff Seth Bullock, while I stuffing down a morning omelet. Quick downtown sightsee, then UP UP UP to Mount Moriah Cemetery. Buried high above town, walked the long hill UP to Wild Bill & Calamity Jane’s gravesite. Odd how many graveyards I find myself – it’s the history I love.
Badlands still on the list (& 2 Black Hills marathons 🙂 ). I’ll be back, South Dakota. I’ll be back.
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- Days of ’76 Museum
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- site where Wild Bill Hickok was assassinated, playing a game of poker
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- Deadwood Social Club
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- Deadwood’s first Sheriff
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- 1904 Presidential inauguration
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- restored Victorian, circa 1898
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- Mount Moriah Cemetery
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- Pistol Shot, aged 39
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- Papa’s home 🙂
pre-Mother’s day run
4 weekends marathoning – this Saturday: kick around, do laundry? Heck no – road trippin’ SD: “Great Places, Great Faces”.
Ended Friday work week with my final father-daughter dance lesson. Too far/too late to reach South Dakota – but how ‘bout Lusk? [Wyoming of course 🙂 ] Small but clean digs, free buffet breakfast. Short hour-half drive to Custer State Park, car-dodging buffalo by 9am. FAAANNNTASTIC! Native to the U.S.A, our American bison – BIG, STRONG, MASSIVE. Personal fave of the animal kingdom.
20 minutes west thru Custer, 20 minutes north to Crazy Horse Memorial. Had heard mixed reviews ‘bout the Monument. Lakota Chief Henry Standing Bear commissioned the project in 1939 – Crazy Horse’s massive 87ft face wasn’t completed ’til 1998. Current work is focused on Crazy Horse’s hand, finger & his horse’s mane. Timeline? Long after my life span.
Paid an extra $10 to school bus-ride near the base of the Mountain. Felt a bit nickel-n-dimed but WOW – gotta say, being so close to something so massive, was well worth the $$. Wrong time to be short-sighted with cash. Once completed Crazy Horse will rival nearby Mt. Rushmore. Sculpted to ‘honor the culture & heritage of all North American Indians’. Just WOW.
Didn’t leave the Memorial Museum for almost 2 hours. LOVE LOVE LOVED! Native American artifacts, photographs, sculptures, paintings. Completely unexpected. WELL WORTH GOING!
Wait, wait – the day’s not over. Next up: Mount Rushmore. Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt & Lincoln – literally carved IN the Black Hills of South Dakota. Short-hiked up-n-down the Presidential Walk. Fave spot? Rushmore’s ‘Walk of Flags’ entrance. Every state, every U.S. territory represented. Left beaming USA pride. Bought an ice cream recipe’d by Pres. Thomas Jefferson himself ❤
Sleeps in historic Deadwood. Dinner above the saloon where Wild Bill Hickok was killed, tomorrow visiting his marker.
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- TATANKA!
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- BIG, STRONG, MASSIVE
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- Pronghorn antelope
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- commissioned in 1939, Crazy Horse’s face wasn’t completed ’til 1998
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- ‘completed’ (left), ‘in-progress’ (right)
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- Native American artifacts, photographs, sculptures & paintings
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- ‘Walk of Flags’ entry
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- U-S-A pride
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- short-hiked the Presidential Walk
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- Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt & Lincoln
