Sunday Pic of the Day

[Southern Elk]

 

[The Hedgehog]

 

[Corsen]

Beautiful snowy peaks

 

[Benfromalbuquerque]

One a those days here in ABQ.

 

[Dave N]

One a those days here in ABQ.

You good there, Ben?

 

[Benfromalbuquerque]

You good there, Ben?

We are! Even the rose bushes survived. I moved fast within an hour chainsawed, got weight off the block wall. It’s a Bradford pear tree and I’ve been telling my wife for past decade this could happen.

 

[BenP]

We are! Even the rose bushes survived. I moved fast within an hour chainsawed, got weight off the block wall. It’s a Bradford pear tree and I’ve been telling my wife for past decade this could happen.

Bradford pears are the worse. I can't stand those trees.
How normal is this kind of weather for there?

 

[noharleyyet]

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..always a profound perspective

 

[Dsnow9]

One a those days here in ABQ.i

I have mixed emotions about those days…

 

[Benfromalbuquerque]

Bradford pears are the worse. I can't stand those trees.
How normal is this kind of weather for there?

It’s normal somewhere statewide to get a wtf snow dump every season. A great amount of this state is high desert so we expect extreme swings in temperature. And we all go dumbshit on the road first snow/ice after 300-some days of mostly clear and sunny.

 

[Benfromalbuquerque]

I have mixed emotions about those days…

I understand how you could. It’s not my vocation so we had a freakin great time doing something new.

 

[mtmuley]

It’s normal somewhere statewide to get a wtf snow dump every season. A great amount of this state is high desert so we expect extreme swings in temperature. And we all go dumbshit on the road first snow/ice after 300-some days of mostly clear and sunny.

I was working out of Raton one witer. Jibsite was at 9000 feet. Got 3 feet overnight once while I was there. mtmuley

 

[BrentD]

I was working out of Raton one witer. Jibsite was at 9000 feet. Got 3 feet overnight once while I was there. mtmuley

9000 ft+ near Raton? What were you doing?

 

[mtmuley]

9000 ft+ near Raton? What were you doing?

Pretty sure that was the elevation. Might have been 7000. It was awhile ago. We were building a hunting lodge on some property surrounded by Vermejo Park. mtmuley

 

[BrentD]

Pretty sure that was the elevation. We were building a hunting lodge on some property surrounded by Vermejo Park. mtmuley

Seems high, but 3 ft of snow is 3 feet of solid state dihydrogen oxide, and that is a bunch.

 

[mtmuley]

Seems high, but 3 ft of snow is 3 feet of solid state dihydrogen oxide, and that is a bunch.

I edited and it might have been closer to 7000. It was a 15 mile drive from Raton up a nasty canyon. mtmuley

 

[BrentD]

I edited and it might have been closer to 7000. It was a 15 mile drive from Raton up a nasty canyon. mtmuley

I would bet a dollar, I drove it last summer one evening looking for deer, and bears, and whatever else.

 

[mtmuley]

I would bet a dollar, I drove it last summer one evening looking for deer, and bears, and whatever else.

Maybe. There was a locked gate we had to go through. Drove past part of the golf course to get to it. Had a house rented in Raton. Neighbors had a Christmas tree up in February. Weird place. mtmuley

 

[BrentD]

Maybe. There was a locked gate we had to go through. Drove past part of the golf course to get to it. Had a house rented in Raton. Neighbors had a Christmas tree up in February. Weird place. mtmuley

Raton is weird. Lots and lots of Vermejo gates up there. Never been past any of them.

 

[Dsnow9]

I understand how you could. It’s not my vocation so we had a freakin great time doing something new.

I love doing the storm work, if you haven’t been able to tell I’m a bit of a sucker for the type two fun. The money is good but high stress on the real nasty stuff.