[DayDreamin']

Rain,Rain go away! I'm ready to be outside. Can't handle being cooped up. It's time to go and do a bit of mud slingin'. I have little boys - playing in the mud is still fun. Being dirty is what we like. I bet the desert is bueatiful after all this rain. Making boats out of sticks and leaves and setting them down in running water. And then we will clean up and head for the hills to play in the snow! And there is a ton. All this behind the steering wheel of a jeep. It's a good life.

[AZBillyBoy]

I must be stoopid but I will be trying to get through on 89 from the Swastika mine on Sunday. Last time it stormed like this I had to shovel through the snow at the old Alexandra townsite.

[theksmith]

87 and 17 were still closed this morning i believe, not sure about 89 - i usually check az511.com for info but the site has been impossibly slow for the past few days.

meanwhile, my jeep is in the shop, and i'm gonna miss all this snow: http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~wal2/webcams.htm

[dzJeepChic]

I must be stoopid but I will be trying to get through on 89 from the Swastika mine on Sunday. Last time it stormed like this I had to shovel through the snow at the old Alexandra townsite.

89 was still closed this morning i believe, but i'm sure they have it open within a day

I'm pretty sure Billy's talking about FR89, not Hwy. 89. I don't think they plow FR89.

d

[theksmith]

I'm pretty sure Billy's talking about FR89, not Hwy. 89. I don't think they plow FR89.

d

ha you got me before my edit, i was thinking the 87 actually.. doh!

[dzJeepChic]

ha you got me before my edit.. doh!

Ha! I love it when that happens!

[gearhead]

rain equals wildflowers! can't wait!

[AZBillyBoy]

LOL Ya I am da' human snowplow..... And it's FSR (as in Forest Service Road) 89. Last year I got stuck in that one section through the old Alexandra townsite. This year I will be prepared. Althrough I already shoveled through it with the snow we had in December. I think this storm might have given me a tad more work to do......

BTW for really good wild flowers the rain needs to come in the fall............

[dzJeepChic]

LOL Ya I am da' human snowplow..... And it's FSR (as in Forest Service Road) 89. Last year I got stuck in that one section through the old Alexandra townsite. This year I will be prepared. Althrough I already shoveled through it with the snow we had in December. I think this storm might have given me a tad more work to do......

Hey, you be careful out there! Does anybody know where you're headed when you head out? Let us know if we can help at least keep track of you!

d

[AZBillyBoy]

No, no one keeps track of me. I kind of glide through the shadows I've been going out there for almost ten years so as long as my truck starts I usually don't have any problems. If the snow is too deep I will probably turn around. The highest summit is right at the snowline and also in the shadows this time of year so it's very slow to melt.

Like I mentioned earlier, I got stuck out there last year but it was mostly my stupidity. I drove down through the snowy section and then thought I should turn around and drive back to see if there would be any problem. I mean I go over this same road all the time so what could happen? Like a 1-2% grade with snow turns into a slippery stall. So I shoveled my way out and actually ended up clearing a nice passage through the snow.

That taught me to look before I leap. It can be so deceiving because the road is usually completely clear of snow on both sides of Alexandra. As I was shoveling out last year, I kept looking at the snow-free road about 3/4 of a mile ahead of me. Longest 3/4 mile I ever traveled!

I am sure this storm has put water in both Tuscumbia and Bear Creeks so I can resume my (futile ) search for gold.