I wanted to post last week but since we’re all in the thick of the holidays, especially if you have children, i.e. PTO meetings regarding teacher presents, school Christmas programs, piano recitals, more PTO meetings, it’s the time of year when you daydream about a warm, sunny place with white sandy beaches after the New Year. I totally dig all the holidays. It just seems that once Halloween hits, everything’s in fast forward. Which, brings me to the weather. We went from cool to dang chilly last week. Here are some screenshots of various places in southern Idaho.
And below, when the warmer air was cruising in.
Some of you, like yours truly, may take interest in the daily national low and the national high (not a sad country song or marijuana, ha), especially if there’s actually a 104 year old woman in your body, like me! Stanley, Idaho is one of the coldest places in the Lower 48. Winters are also very long and cold temps begin in October. When we were in Sun Valley (45 minutes east of Stanley) this past October for the Trailing of the Sheep Festival, the low temps in Sun Valley were already down to 11.
About six or eight years ago, we were at Mister’s work Christmas party when I struck up a conversation with Mister’s boss’ wife. They’d moved out here a few years prior from Iowa. She was saying how her kids were hoping for a snow day but she laughed and told them that there isn’t enough snow in Idaho for a snow day. Oh sister. Idaho is a fairly large state. Not Texas large (I have seen the occasional TX sized hairdo in Idaho-wow), but large enough with varying geography and elevations. The higher the elevation, the colder and longer the winter. I’ve hiked in snow in the summer. A Caribou-Targhee Forest ranger that I’m friends with, who hails from Minnesota, told me that the winters in Idaho (Idaho-Wyoming line) are longer and just as cold as where he grew up. One factor as to why this is news to people not from the area, is that there isn’t a large population so it’s not newsworthy. You can be sure that that teensy town in Wyoming, population 4, is absolutely frigid in the winter but I doubt it ever makes the news. Anyhoo, winter is definitely here so make sure to have your shovel, blankets, bottled water, first aid kits, kitty litter, etc., in the back of your car and be dressed for the weather. Giddyup!
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