Plog: Spring Storm in B&W

Tuesday, 21 May 2019
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Temps: 45F (7C) / 30F (-1C)

[What’s a plog?  It’s a photo log … few words … lots of photos … in this case in B&W.]

Yeah … I know.  It was me who wrote just two days ago that we weren’t expecting any major accumulation from the storm that was forecasted to come through yesterday into this morning.  Hah!

Carmen & Petrushka

Sunday, 19 May 2019
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Temps: 54F (12C) / 33F (.5C)

Brrrr … after summer-like weather earlier this week, we have a front moving through the state that has brought us temps reminiscent of winter.  We even have snow in the forecast for early next week … though we expect little more than a mix of rain and fluffy white stuff at our elevation … with very little accumulation on the ground.  That’s spring in the Rockies … finicky weather.  But I’ll take it over heat and humidity any time.

Cherokee Ranch & Castle … Tweet’s Home West of the Mississippi

Friday, 10 May 2019
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Temps: 40F (4C) / 29F (-2C)

Cherokee Ranch and Castle It snowed yesterday … quite a bit, but no accumulation to speak of.  It was supposed to snow overnight into this morning, too.  If it did, there was no sign of the white stuff by the time we woke up.

But there was pea-soup-thick fog to contend with when we left the house at 7:15a for the first in the series of castle pop-up tours being organized by USAFA ITT/ORC.  Gaining a bit of elevation at USAFA, the fog was considerably better when we joined our group.  The better news … by the time we reached Sedalia, some 40 miles (64 km) away, we actually had sunshine and blue skies … and clear views.