Storm over the canyon

No, I wasn't there; these pictures are all from my sson's files. He was there for a two-week National Park Service conference. Turned out that this is the 5th snowiest season in the Grand Canyon record book. Park employees who have worked there as long as 12 years had never seen such snow, sson reports. And so he took many, many pictures. Here are a few. Breath-taking views!

Zooming in on the far (north) side of the canyon.

Both sides here; snow was sticking as much as two thousand feet down.

This storm is over and the crisp Arizona blue skies are back.

Snow-covered conifers down the canyon side.

Meanwhile, up on the rim roads are dug out...

...and a tame park deer nestles in the snow, posing for the camera.

A much more impressive capture by the sson -- a wee vole (a little over an inch long) who was convinced that he was blending invisibly into that dark background behind him.

In closing, one of my favorite birds, Roscoe the Raven, who knows park visitors are suckers he can count on for fine meals. Many thanks to my sson for sharing these pictures!

An Awesome Arizona Adventure

At breafast the other morning, I told my friend about my new and absorbing adventures in blogging. When I mentioned that I was trying to write a post everyday, her comment was, "that's not a pasttime, that's a job."

And so I'm taking the evening off to pay some bills and get prepared for visitors. To make sure you have good
Arizona- style reading, I recommend you to my daughter's current blog.