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Still some snow in the forest

01 Snow at edge of forest Hwy 67 S NR GRCA NP AZ (1024x779)

After stopping to smell the roses on my way home from town, posted yesterday, I continued up the plateau to see patches of snow still hidden in the edges of the forest.

02 Pond in meadow Hwy 67 S NR GRCA NP AZ (1024x629)

In another post back in April you saw these meadows buried under a white blanket.

Yet I know that spring is slowly climbing up to the North Rim.

And, BTW, it’s a FREE weekend at your National Parks. So get out there and enjoy!

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More snow on the North Rim

01 Snowing North Rim GRCA AZ

When the National Weather Service reports no accumulation, how much snow is that?

02 Snow around the Naturalist's office building NR GRCA AZ

Naturalists and Fee Collection building

It snowed on and off all day and we may have added another inch or two to the already existing feet of snow.

Tomorrow morning I take off for the South Rim for six days. It snowed there too. Saturday is Wildlife Day. Sunday no work all play because Mike is coming up that way. Monday and Tuesday is training with the South Rim folks. Wednesday return to the North Rim via Navajo & Hopi museums. Catch up with you all when I can.

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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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