A Colorado Snow...

Some things that should be know about a Colorado Snow…


- If the weather men predict 1-6 inches you should probably bet on getting 6-10 inches (or more). We were predicted to get no more than 6 inches but ended up getting closer to 16 inches.

The snow was so high that it was up against the door.

- The likelihood of snow at Christmas is very low and the likeliness of snow on Easter is very high. I remember spending the night outside one Christmas (maybe it was Christmas Eve) but always, without fail, having a snow covered spring break. On Wednesday night we had an unusual and wonderful Colorado snow, preparatory for Christmas.

- Nothing stops; rain, shine or snow. Thursday morning I had to go to work and knowing it snowed I decided to leave about an hour early. Ben went out and started shoveling and wiping off the cars and by the time I got ready there was a nice path to the car and it was warm and ready to go…or so we thought. I started to reverse and got stuck, so I pulled forward and tried to reverse hard and fast and got stuck. Ben started digging me out with no avail; soon our neighbor came and helped him. After about 20 minutes and lots of shoveling and pushing they finally got me free and on my way to work.

I was working a stocking shift at work and got there to find that there was no truck. No truck to unload and stock. Eventually the truck got there so we were able to start working.

-The rate of chiropractic visits increases exponentially after a snow storm; the snow is usually very heavy and wet. This snow was not unusual. Ben went over and to help his parents dig there way out and found Rachel shoveling the tractor out. They tried the tractor and found that the snow was too heavy and too deep, so they continued shoveling. After a while the neighbor came over with their snow blower to help with the driveway. After four hours of the three of them working they finally got the job done.

This pile is the snow depth plus what Ben shovelled.

- The lanes and typical road conditions are bad but the drivers always seem to be pleasant and courteous.





-The snow can be waist deep but where shoveled the sun will melt the snow on the roads. This morning although the side roads are still covered in snow the highways were clean.

Look at that beautiful blue sky!

I love Colorado snow storms!!! 

What a perfect way to start the Christmas Season.