Extremes! of another kind

We have had quite the winter this year. It seems we have had unusual weather. I Looked at the almanac for our area and it was predicted that we were to have a mild dry winter. Well whoever was predicting that must have been from another continent. It has been any thing but mild and certainly not dry. By the Way we are very grateful for the moisture. Temperatures were in the highs of the mid 20's and lows around the single digits a few nights even below zero. However this changed - rapidly! With about 6-8 inches of snow on the ground and the temp rising above 32 the once beautiful snow disappered. This happened in at least two cycles - 2 weeks of cold and snow then 1 week of thaw and melt. Only the second time the ground didn't freeze and more snow then cold on a ground that was already saturated. This created quite a few problems in Western NM and Eastern AZ. I heard that the tribal President declared a state of emergency in some areas. Maybe a few pictures will help. It was on the way to pick up a student for school that I had this happen to me. The student called a 2nd time and asked, "Is Bro. Seth picking me up?" when Melodie started to look for me. I had already started to walk and was almost home when they started to look for me.