snow

It was cool and spitting a bit of rain when we left this morning.

About 10 miles down the road it began raining a bit harder. I noticed an RV approaching that had several inches of snow on the roof. Hmm. Rain I don't mind, even camping, but snow?!?

We drove up a hill to go over a pass and that spit of snow turned into a very heavy snowfall. 2 or 3 inches on everything. Slushy. Not easy to drive.

Drove on to the turnoff to go to the gulch and the road was very wet and very muddy, so we turned around and headed back.

Friends in their RV were not far behind us. I stopped, they turned around and we went on to a check station, which was out of the snow area.

The state is checking boats for a parasite that could be carried by boats, and this one was manned by a deputy sheriff. He asked what we were doing and we told him of our experience. He said he did not believe we could even get through to our campsite.

Years ago when I was studying mountaineering, they hammered and hammered that sometimes the wisest move is a 180 degree turn. Going back early beats getting into serious trouble.

So we came back.

Today was supposed to be 53 here at home, not too bad a temp actually, but when we got home it was 41.

So we will camp another time! Soon!