Rocky Mountain High

Yesterday we drove to town, roughly 7 miles away, and the thermometer on the bank read 47 degrees. This on August 12, in mid afternoon. We were glad for our light jackets. Today, the same thermometer read 70 degrees. The difference was sunshine: today we have some, yesterday we did not. Tomorrow it may be 80 degrees, or whatever, who knows?

Weather in the mountains is highly variable. Locals claim snow is possible on any day of the year, which I think is a stretch. We've summered here for roughly 15 years and seen no snow in July or August - thundery hailstorms that leave ice piled about yes, snow no. June and September are another story; one light snowstorm in each that doesn't "stick" is fairly common.