We left Alpine this morning, saying our goodbyes but knowing it won't be that long before we'll be back - four months or so. By then, PJ&M will actually be in the new house! Awesome!
No weather problems today! A cold but mostly bright and sunny day with some spectacular scenery with bright white snow and blue, blue sky. But we also witnessed a remarkable transition - west of the mountains there was deep snow, but after Dubois, there was virtually no snow on the ground. The old "shadow effect." Thus:
"Often times, mountains stand as barriers to clouds so as to prevent
precipitation from falling on certain sides of them. This phenomenon is
the result of the warm moist air that rises accompanied by prevailing
winds at the tops of mountains. The warm air mass is pushed upwards to
higher altitudes to produce rain or showers, and when it passes over a
mountain it cools down. As it hurdles the top of a mountain, it quickly
dries up and goes down the other side of a mountain, gaining back its
warm mass which sucks up moisture as it travels downwards. As a result
of the removal of moisture, the area becomes a dry region devoid of
further precipitation by the action of the warm, moist air."
We are at the Motel Grand in Chadron, NE tonight, with a rate of $35 tax incl. What a deal. It's an old-fashioned motel, but it is a "nice" old-fashioned. No breakfast included though -we're hoping to eat in a real restaurant for breakfast for a change.
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| Scene going up the Snake River Canyon near Hoback Jct. |
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| Fog and snow up on the Togwotee Pass west of Dubois, WY |
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| East of Dubois - no snow! |
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| More no snow |
hoping for no more snow. BUON VIAGGIO...XO
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