January 22, 2007

January 22, 2007

Paradise Lost: For over a week now we have had snow. I can see it out our window on top of the mountains. A safe distance to enjoy the snow. Mt. Lemmon, the tallest of the Catalinas, I have been told even has skiing. Before we leave we want to drive up and see it for ourselves.

Yesterday afternoon it clouded up and started to rain. The temperature never got too warm. Good weather to stay inside and watch the Bears win the NFC Championship. The last time Aimee and I watched a Bears Championship game, we were on one of our very first dates. She had gotten tickets and invited me to Soldier Field with her. She was in love.

Mother Nature must have enjoyed the Bears victory too for as soon as the game was over, she started her own ticker tape parade by mixing a few snowflakes in with the rain. That is the closest Tucson gets to snow. Wrong! This morning we woke up to an inch of snow. It is strange to see snow atop cacti. With the mountains to our north now completely covered with snow, it looks like we are in Aspen, deep in the Colorado Rockies. By noon though, the sun is out in force and the snow is now a memory. Paradise Regained.