Ice box City

So for those of you who are out of state Denver has become the new mecca of cold weather. Forget Minnesota, Milkwaukee, Canda...it's now Denver with snow every weekend! Fly in to DIA & bring your sled, snowmobile, & skies!

We have had snow for the last 7 weeks. It hasn't snowed like this in Denver since the early 80's!

It is kind of funny watching all the out of stater's shiver with frost in their eyebrows asking us to clarify the statement "If you don't like the weather just wait 5 minutes". They then sarcastically exclaim "I've been waiting 7 weeks".

Two words - Ice ruts. I have never seen them on side streets. Even a month after the first two storms there are side streets with ice ruts that run the full length of a block. Most of the ruts are so deep you don't have to steer & you can hear ice scraping the bottom of the car. Every now and then I get out to make sure my oil pan & muffler are still intact...okay it's not bad enough for me to really check for my oil pan & muffler but you get the picture.

Many neighborhoods not only have a ton of ice but there are still huge piles of snow everywhere. Every now and then I see a front end loader with a dump truck or two along some streets. For a while snow was getting piled in parks but spring sports are supposed to start soon and since the tempature has yet to get above 30 degrees most days the snow hasn't melted.

If it were up to me...we would sell it to some state that hasn't had snow & wants some. Arizona, New Mexico...maybe some states that normally have snow this time of year like Wisconsin. I was having breakfast with a friend who recently moved back to Wisconsin because she missed snow during the winter time. I told her she should have waited a year to move.

I don't mind snow & cold weather but almost two solid months of freezing weather & snow are getting on my nerves! I am a cold weather pansy. I could never be an eskimo although at some point I would like to live in an igloo for a couple days...just a couple days!