Winter Wonderland

Only it's not winter.... its the second half of May.  Seems like it wouldn't be the May Long weekend without a little snow... or a lot.

Anna and I drove out to Nordegg on Thursday May 19th.  We didn't leave the city until early afternoon.  It was cool and blustery and rained most of the way out... at times heavily.  I think the farmers are mostly finished seeding now, so this rain should be a godsend, as conditions were really dry.

Once we got to Saunders Ridge the rain turned to snow.  When we got to Nordegg there was a fair bit of accumulation.  My neighbor told me that it probably would have accumulated to a foot of snow had it not mostly melted as it came down.

It snowed a little more overnight and when I got up at 6:00 on Friday morning, the snow had quit.  But that was shortlived, and by mid-morning it started snowing again.  The day alternated between clear sunny skies and snow showers several times.  At times the snow was coming down so heavily we couldn't see across the yard.  Then an hour later the skies would break open and the sun would come out and the snow would mostly melt.  Then the clouds would roll in again, and we'd get another white out.  This happened three or four times during the day.  Sure hoping this comes to an end soon and we get better weather for the rest of the long weekend....!