The weather was terrible...for outdoor activities. It rained heavily overnight, including snowfalls on the mountains, intermittently during the early morning and then again in the late afternoon. We face this type of dilemma often. Our solution is a little science, some common sense, risk taking and always, luck. Over many years, we've discovered while there is good sense in being cautious and not to take excessive chances, the policy would have a person spending an awful amount of time indoors. Using our 'technique', other than when electrical storms appear imminent, we have seldom had to forgo an outing. It's quite remarkable.
Three failures that spring to mind include being in an electrical storm on a high peak in Andorra (frightening), somewhere in Croatia where we lay bundled together under hail, rain and thunderbolts, and Romania, in the open but not on a mountain.
While the signs were again ominous on this day, we set out with the intention of being aware of changes in the clouds. Turns out not only did it rain as mentioned earlier, but it also rained in the town, some ten miles away from our hike but not where we were. In fact, we had two short bouts of sprinklings (not counting as rain), heavy clouding and then the miracle we experience so often: An opening of some clouds and protruding sunlight on the fabulous Roosevelt Lake and surrounding mountains. It was a truly spectacular experience.
Cheers,
While the signs were again ominous on this day, we set out with the intention of being aware of changes in the clouds. Turns out not only did it rain as mentioned earlier, but it also rained in the town, some ten miles away from our hike but not where we were. In fact, we had two short bouts of sprinklings (not counting as rain), heavy clouding and then the miracle we experience so often: An opening of some clouds and protruding sunlight on the fabulous Roosevelt Lake and surrounding mountains. It was a truly spectacular experience.
Jenni and Jeffrey
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