It is pouring rain at my house. I know this as I just returned, with Karl, from the last walk of the night. And we walked in the pouring rain. Walking is an overstatement. We sprinted out to the edge of the woods where Karl did all that was needed with expediency and then we sprinted home.
30 days hath September… and on this 30th day, 9 days into Fall, after 7 1/2 days of near summer temperatures…it snowed! The above photo is from a midday walk on our normal loop. I thought it might be snow, but it also might be rain. It rained as I drove to Whitefish this afternoon for an appointment and visit with a friend.
But…
That’s Big Mountain…Whitefish Mountain, now. It was Big Mountain when I moved here almost 16 years ago. The name changed, but I doubt most of us will call it anything but Big Mountain.
Green – green – green = Go – go – go…Snow – snow – snow! I bought a frequent skier card this year. When I lived in Whitefish, I always had a pass. It was 18 minutes from my house to Chair 1 and I often went up for a long lunchtime ski. Since moving to Bigfork area in 2002, I have not skied more than once or twice a year having changed to snowshoeing with Karl for my winter sport. I thought I’d shake things up a bit this year and do a bit of downhill skiing. I believe that today’s mountain top snow is a good omen!
And on Columbia Mountain, too. Summer to Fall to Winter in 3 days – not bad, even for Montana!
Edit…about 30 minutes later…forgot to say, there is a fire snap, crackle, popping in the woodstove. A small fire, and it is not the first of the “season” as I had a small fire in mid-August when we had that cool, rainy time. But tonight’s fire is nice as it is really Fall and even though we are likely to have an Indian Summer week or so – it is Fall!
