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SWF – USA clouds

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The night sky presented the greatest show above Crazy Jug Point. See previous post and Mike’s post for the earlier acts. Doesn’t this cloud formation look like the southeastern part of the United States?

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Going camping

01 Storm clouds over SR from BAP NR GRCA NP AZ (1024x768)

It’s been a little stormy looking over the canyon lately, but not much rain.

02 Aspen & Ponderosa Pine Forest Kaibab NF AZ (779x1024)

Yet we’re taking our chances and going camping in the Kaibab National Forest on our first multiple days off together since Mike started working several weeks ago.

03 View from Crazy Jug Point Kaibab NF AZ (1024x265)

View from Crazy Jug, one of those points is Parissawampitts

So many choices. I think I’ve whittled it down to Parissawampitts or Crazy Jug Points where we can park the truck camper almost on the North Rim of Grand Canyon. Then rest and enjoy the view or take a hike on the Rainbow Rim trail.

04 Saffron fire smoke above Lodge BAP NR GRCA NP AZ (763x1024)

Smoke from Saffron Fire above Grand Lodge

With the predicted light winds from the west we shouldn’t be affected by the smoke from the managed Saffron Fire further south near Swamp Point.

And if we don’t like it, we can move. More when we get back.

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Neither rain nor sleet nor snow……

Left the South Rim about 11am after clearing at least 10 inches of snow off the truck. And it was still snowing.

Park roads had been plowed.

20 miles out of the park the roads became clear and wet.

Williams looked blanketed in white where I entered the freeway.

Yet 30 miles down the road blue patches glowed over Ashfork.

The first stretch of Highway 89 the sun showed, briefly.

Then in Chino the storm closed in again.

Iron Springs Road winds through the snow speckled hills.

Very wet snow clung to the foliage.

By Skull Valley the snow turned to sleet then rain.

But the snow returned along the rise…

…before Kirkland.

And followed me back to Highway 89.

Where I could see hope the white stuff would stop as I approached Peeples Valley.

After 4 hours, I experienced a small reprieve when I got Home and enough time for Mike to help me unload the truck. Got a little snow here with some howling wind.

Please scroll down for My World Tuesday.

7 days left.

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