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So, Winter Decided It Wasn't Done Quite Yet Around Here!

After last weeks post of me talking about the somewhat short winter so far, it got cold!
I mean really cold over the weekend, like two mornings with the lows of +8 (-13C) and +9 (-12C) and 'highs' around 25 (-3C). No one I had talked with thought it would be that THAT cold again this season!
Then last night, 02/13/18, there had been a "Winter Storm Watch" issued for the time period of 10 PM Tuesday to 12 noon Wednesday for "up to" 11 inches of snow.
Luckily, we didn't get anything near that with about 4 inches overnight and the snow stopped around 10 am and warmed into the mid-30s during the day so what had fallen had begun to melt, clearing off the roads and walkways but staying on the grass.
However, for its last blast, we still could get a few more inches of accumulation between now and next Sunday the 18th.
Then, the long-term forecast has the daytime temps going back into the mid to upper 30s again in about a week. We'll see!

On Monday the 12th, it actually got sunny for the afternoon. It was still really cold but I took the opportunity to fly my DJI Mavic and got some video and photos of the, I thought, late winter scenes on a Monday afternoon. Everything is covered in snow again from last nights snow.


Above: in this shot, Looking kind of South Westerly, you can see the Safeway grocery store, about mid photo. Near the top right is the second grocery store in town, Super 1 Foods. School days, around 8 am and then again around 4 pm, are often the only times of traffic jams in our area. The line of cars in these photos are for mostly getting the kids after school. 


Above: This photo is just mainly to show the lack of snow with the recent very warm weather, until last weekend and now last nights snow!


Above: This photo,  looking North Easterly shows towards uptown. 

So, our winter of 2017-2018 isn't done just yet!

These next two photos are from inside the main Courtroom. I took them a couple of weeks ago when I was at the Court for a case of mine. I thought I'd show these because I know I never saw a Courtroom in California with decorations such as these! To me, photos like this really show the character of the area, rural North Idaho. 
The mounted trophies were all seized at some point from people convicted of illegal hunting. The local Judge, as many residents are, is very into hunting and fishing so these aren't really out of place in his Courtroom or this area anyway. 


For readers that may not know the animals, the center is a Bull Elk, that one has been up for several years. Added last year are the two buck deer mounts. This area has a few Elk herds but primarily white-tailed deer. 


Till next time, Tad


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