Re: [Paddlewise] Trip Report: Monday Morning at Chatfield

From: James Lofton <n5yyx_at_etsc.net>
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 07:24:18 -0700
Elaine Harmon wrote:
> 
> This, like several posted trip reports lately, make me wonder whether we
> shouldn't also have a TR section on the Pwise site, with pictures if
> there's room. I especially wanted to see pics of this one! Was surprised
> to learn that one can sometimes hear snow falling on water. Anyone else
> ever experienced that?
> 
> Anyway, thank you Steve! e
> 
> Elaine Harmon - eilidh_at_dc.seflin.org - eharmon_at_cs.miami.edu

Well, sence you asked at a right time..
I was in the same winter storm system that Steve was in, only a state 
or so south(NM). This past friday was 90 degrees and the perfect Indian 
summer day. Sunday the high was 34 and that was a struggle. It snowed all 
day long, with the wind sometimes up to 47 mph, NE. At other times the 
wind got calmer (10-15)and the snow was wet and clumping together to make 
big flat snow balls.
One of my _chores_ on Sunday was watching the snow fall on our small 
pond(required parkranger stuff<G>). Really pretty to watch snow fall on 
blooming red, pink, yellow, white and even one half open tropical blue 
water lillys. I not only watched the snow falling I could hear it "splup" 
quite often. Not unlike the sound and even the resulting splash of a 
surfacing bullfrog tadpole(some splashes were 4+" high).

Guess this is a long version of yes it do.

Maybe it is a rocky mountain snow thingy..? :-)

James, where it's supposed to be in the 80's again today.

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