From Spring back to Winter for a couple of weeks

I didn't get to posting on Monday, it was a busy week. I did take these photos during the cold and wet week it has been.
I guess the 'Ninio' took a break so a more normal weather pattern was able to work down from the North for last week and is predicted for most of the next. Last Monday was snowy and cold. It turned out to stay cold and off and on snowy or rainy the entire week. So much for Spring!

Top photo shows one of the storm fronts working its way East from over the Selkirk mountains West of town.

Middle photo shows another group of clouds looking East from town.

Last photo shows the results in the Cabinet mountains of the mid-week snowfall.
Photo taken from the highway looking out towards the county airport.

Hopefully this next week we'll find out for positive if Stacy gets bumped up to the "chief" position or not. She's been really stressing over it for weeks now. They really don't have a better choice than Stacy since she's already been doing her and much of the bosses job almost since she started working there. The current Chief leaves at the end of this month so they should have made a decision by now if it was going to be anyone from the 'outside'! When it became public knowledge about the upcoming vacancy, all of the sudden all these people came out of the woodwork inquiring about their chances at the job.
Stacy will be traveling the next two weeks for some state stuff. One day this next week and two days the following week.
Sandy is working hard at the preparations for her "half marathon" next month in Santa Barbara. She's been running a lot and going on local events in her area. She is supposed to be running on a mini marathon this weekend.
Well, I'll try to get back on tract for posting next Monday!

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