Cool, cloudy, wet weather today. Currently 36°, and the snow while it is still lightly snowing, what came down overnight has melted.
But last week! A string of warm sunny days allowed nearly all of the previous snows to melt. Although the roads began in a very muddy state, the sun and breezes got them mostly dried out. Our heroic DCP crews have graded most of our roads, so that getting around on the Preserve is much less stressful. And last Wednesday afternoon, the county graded B16 (aka Beginning Road in the county road name list), which had some north-facing stretches that were so deeply rutted as to be nearly impassable. Thursday afternoon we went into Mountainair, and it was just like a normal drive into town. As Alan said, we’re livin’ large!