More Proof It Snows Here

Below are a few pictures from last March when we finally broke our six month stretch of no rain, and got three inches in one day. About thirty minutes to the east of us, where it's a little higher in elevation, Superior and other locals got a healthy dose of snow. I took these driving over there on a Sunday.

The first shot is of the mountain by the Boyce Thompson Arboretum, a favorite spot for Emily and I (and now Brenna), we have an annual pass there. This recent snow we had barely dusted this mountain, for comparison (sorry, we went over there quickly yesterday while our daughter was napping, didn't stop to take pictures).

Kids, don't try this at home, this was taken through the windshield of the car while I was driving.

Next shot is of the Picketpost Mountains, a beautiful backdrop for the sleepy town of Superior. They have a nice cafe there that we stop at from time to time, a Dairy Queen (at least 50 years old), and a little Mexican diner, that's about it. Again, the snow from this past weekend covered this mountain, but not all the way to it's base, and there was no snow on the ground anywhere in this valley.



Here are the Superstitions from our house, again from last March, and again, much more snow than this past weekend. The three inches of rain is evident though from the water backup in the retention basin at the park.

Fast forwarding to a few days ago, the next picture is of the incoming storm that brought a freak hail/snowburst to Mesa, about ten minutes from us. Pictures of that are on the main blog.

Here is Four Peaks the morning after the storm. I like the cloudy picture I took the day prior better, even with the storm passing through, it was still very hazy and this didn't come out too well.

This next one is an attempt to capture both mountain ranges in one shot. The snow had melted off the Superstitions by noon the day after the storm. Four Peaks is probably still covered, although I haven't been outside the house today and with it 60 degrees here in the valley today, it may be bare now.