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It is no secret that I live in a small town, I would even call it a village. I live in what is called a Valley, and there comprises of of 3 small cities, of about 500 each community.  There is probably about 2,500 of us humans that lives here year round, and there are tourists that come here to ski every year, about 65,000 people come here to ski, and then in the summer time, about 150,000 people come to camp and get away from the city, water ski, backpack through the Wasatch Mountains, and Bridger Forest of Northern Utah. In the winter, our land becomes very precarious. (land, earth is that way) There are a lot of avalanches up here, closing the canyon to Powder Mountain ski resort. There is also a lot wind up here. Last night several families in several homes were evicted on the West Side of the Valley. There was a large landslide up here last night, and The Red Cross had to help out the  families that had to be evicted. Geologists and engineers came out today to look at the damage, and what can be done. The land is really soft where there was a slide, and it might not be safe to go back there. I feel really sad for those families, and I hope that they will be safe and can resolve this really soon. 

    This is in a neighborhood near another ski resort called Nordic Valley. Nordic Valley Ski Resort has had a couple of hard years. the skiing has been difficult the last couple of years, and Utah hasn't seen a lot of snow. This year, however, we have had the amount of snow I used to see about 25-30 years ago. Anyone younger than 25 would not remember Utah having this much snow. However, this is great! Finally we are where we should have been over the last three decades. For a couple of days, the weather went up to 40 degrees, and then over night, it's been snowy and cold again. Finally a decent winter. (Not that I am promoting winter, here. I actually strongly dislike winter. But I know we need it to have a great summer. And I want to see a lot of green this spring.) 

For my skiing friends, this is awesome! I have a couple of friends that are snow chasers. They will come here in the winter time, about 3-4 months. Then in Spring (we call it mud season up here) they will go to North Carolina where they live, and then in about June or July they head to New Zealand and Australia where there is skiing in about July or August. 

Right now there is what they call "weather bomb" of snow, sun, rain, and a mixture of all kind of weather. Funny, we call that Utah, all. the. time. We get that year round! HA! 

Well, to my readers far and near, to all corners of the world, whether you read this or not, I hope you all are safe and doing well. Many many greetings to each of you and keep safe. 

Peace, 

Mrs. Phelange...