On a normal spring day, one might hear chirping robins, feel the warm sun and a cool breeze, experience afternoon rainshowers, or even the occasional snow. Crocuses and tulips might be blooming, little calves are born, spring chickens, what have you.
Wyoming is not typical. And an atypical spring day for Wyoming, might be a weather extreme.
One a spring day in Wyoming, we began with dark skies, rain and snow mixed and a fairly strong breeze. In Wyoming you can't use the plants on the side of the road as a windsock, because they've evolved to stay still until the wind is really ripping, at least 45 miles an hour. Last Tuesday, it was probably blowing at 60 mph by the middle of the day. And when you are driving into the wind at 65 mph, you have to wonder if you are creeping along at 5 mph an if you will ever get home. This particular day, I was glad I wore small-ish earings, with a hardy hook and little rubber stoppers on the backs to keep them from being snatched away by the wind or stabbing you in the jugular. On a day like this, you want to wear a snug beanie hat, nothing with a brim. One's hair (if you are so lucky to have any) becomes a tangled mess in the wind, coated with dust and matted like a river rat. Dreadlocks wouldn't be so bad.
This week, May 12th, it snowed about 8 inches in Rawlins, and I thought to myself, this wouldn't be half-bad if there was a ski area nearby. But, back to the grind, May 13th is in the 40s, the snow is melting, and its looking a lot more like spring.
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