Seriously, what has happened to Spring? The night before last and yesterday were so windy it was amazing. When we woke up yesterday the sky was hazy from blowing dirt in the air, and just kept getting worse as the wind continued all day long. By the time we got to town, the sky was the same color as the soil and the rocks: RED. It glowed eerily pinkish-orange when the sun attempted a breakthrough, but the haze won. (I forgot my camera was in the van, sorry no pictures from town)
While H-Bomb was in school, it started to snow. Red mud snow. The van was covered in red muddy speckles where the snowflakes landed. The wind blew so hard it shook the van with me and Sawed Off in it.
On the way home from school, I remembered I had my camera, so here are a few pictures. All taken through the windshield of the van, because red mud snow stains. Just miserable conditions.
In the picture above, there are huge mountains in the background.Trust me, there are. You just can't see them right now.
As we dropped into the canyon, the red mud snow changed to red mud rain. I used a lot of windshield washer fluid to drive that last 10 miles home. Every vehicle we passed looked like it had just taken a mud bath.
Below you can see the dirt beginning to clear out of the sky, on the left.
Unfortunately, toward the right is where we live!
Unfortunately, toward the right is where we live!
In addition to the hidden mountains, cliffs and rocks usually seen as you are driving down the road were hidden from view, the visibility was so poor.
When we got home, I grabbed my real camera and headed out to take a picture. I opened the window for less than a minute, and here's what happened to the inside of the van:
At some point, the sky began to clear as the rain and snow brought all the dirt back down to earth. It took a long time.
Here are pictures of our van from the following morning:
Blech!!!
