Denver

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by valkyrie

Well, that's not at all accurate. First of all, they don't plow side streets here. Second of all, they don't put any crap on the street that rots your car. They just let the snow stay where it is until it melts.

If people are too wussy to deal, Florida can have them, LOL.

I originally saw that email about 5 years ago.. referring to Michigan rather than Denver. Here, they do plow the side streets and put salt on the road. (Except this year, so far, since it's all been rain!)

51 degrees in Michigan today. January 12th. Unbelievable. My daughter's birthday is Sunday. On the day she was born, it was -14 before the windchill factor and something like -60 with windchill. I like El Nino, yes I do.

[DeltAlum]

Yeah, I saw that "Winter In..." thing about Michigan when I lived in Detroit I think.

This has been an ususaul winter here. In the twenty-five years we've lived here, we've have maybe four or five 20 inch plus storms.

In many more cases, we've had 4 to 6 inches and it's been 45 degrees the day after and the sun melts all of the snow in a couple of days.

Some day I'm going to explain to the newsies that most of Colorado's snow is in the mountains -- and even more important, that Denver isn't.

We're on the edge of the great plains, where it meets the mountains. Our climate is semi-arid (high desert/long grass prairie). That's why some years we have water rationing for our lawns and why every tree in town has been planted unless it's along a creek or river bed.

Look out the airplane window when you fly into DIA. You don't see a lot of trees on the plains, and most of the green you see is due to irrigation.

[Tom Earp]

DeltAlum, can relate, ran to many Ski Trips to THE Mountains.

Always new where you were by the few trees along dry creek beds between Burlington and The D!

For those that have never seen Black Ice, it is a bitch! Right T E?

Been over that pass that had an avalance and it is scarry and high!

Isn't it Rabbit Ears that goes up over to Steam Boat? Been a while since I have been there.

[DeltAlum]

Originally Posted by Tom Earp

DeltAlum, can relate, ran to many Ski Trips to THE Mountains.

Always new where you were by the few trees along dry creek beds between Burlington and The D!

For those that have never seen Black Ice, it is a bitch! Right T E?

Been over that pass that had an avalance and it is scarry and high!

Isn't it Rabbit Ears that goes up over to Steam Boat? Been a while since I have been there.

Yes on all, but Rabbit Ears isn't much of a pass compared to Berthoud -- where the recent big slide was in my opinion. To get to Winter Park/Mary Jane without going a LONG way out of the way, you have to cross Berthoud.

It's hard to remember that before the Interstate System and the Eisenhower Tunnel, U.S. 40 was the national road and everyone who was traveling that way had to cross these passes.

Real mountain driving (not on the interstate system) is pretty interesting and can be scary at times.

[Tom Earp]

Funny isnt it when people do not know about driving over THE BIG HILLS!

Yep, went over Loveland as had to get to Pheniox for a meeting. Hole in the wall was closed. Looked down on A-Basin and going Holly S**T!

Got down and tunnel was open, did make plane to Ar. Carrying Skis and golf clubs!

Never really think about slides even though I know Vail Pass gets slugged in at times.

People do not know what Mountains are do they with snow on them?

Been held up in East/West KS/Co with Black Ice. Thank goodness we had a bar in the back!

[DeltAlum]

Yeah, Loveland pass on U.S. 6 (Loveland/A-Basin/Keystone bypassing the tunnel) can be pretty exciting, too.

[Tom Earp]

Oh Hell yes, not driving a car that I was familiar with and kept looking down and down to where I had skied at! People having a ggod time and I had to a make The Old Big D airport to sunny Arizonia!

Puckered mine up for sure!

[Rudey]

Originally Posted by DeltAlum

Yeah, Loveland pass on U.S. 6 (Loveland/A-Basin/Keystone bypassing the tunnel) can be pretty exciting, too.

A-Basin is barebones and the people that go there are a very...specific...type. I think there's some spring skiing event where people go down with costumes on and then barbecue or something like that. Basically the opposite of people in Aspen.

I hear the resorts didn't get much powder this year because it all hit the Denver area instead. True? I know last year the cities got barely any snow and the mountains got hit hard.

-Rudey
--Man I can't wait to get out there again.

[SigKapBling]

Originally Posted by AGDee

I originally saw that email about 5 years ago.. referring to Michigan rather than Denver. Here, they do plow the side streets and put salt on the road. (Except this year, so far, since it's all been rain!)

51 degrees in Michigan today. January 12th. Unbelievable. My daughter's birthday is Sunday. On the day she was born, it was -14 before the windchill factor and something like -60 with windchill. I like El Nino, yes I do.

not me ... being born and bred in upstate NY where it gets like that (-14 and even worse windchills) i was SO excited to get to Nevada to go to college. yaaa.. not at all. i was just back in new york 2 weeks ago, and it was around 60 degrees... i get off the plane in vegas, seeing its 80 degrees in LA again, and im like ok this is good its gonna be up there in vegas ... YA OK .... its around 41 ... during the day. WHERE IS MY YEAR ROUND HEAT THAT IVE HAD FOR 4 YEARS

but agdee ... like i said growing up in ny's winters, congrats on all the warmth youre getting

[AGDee]

It's kind of funny because now that our highs have only been in the 30's for a week now, everybody is saying it's sooooo cold. But, usually, these middle weeks in January, we're dealing with 10 degrees and a windchill of -20. People forget quickly. This is still warmer than average.

[DeltAlum]

It's snowing again, and we're off to the theatre to see "Spelling Bee."

[Tom Earp]

DA, snowed in KC. Cannot blame it Co. this time, it came from the south!

Looks nice, but driving in it sucks at 6:00 AM!


"Spelling Bee", sounds like something right up my alley!