Who left the north door open?

Wait!  What happened?  The 10 day forecast suddenly changed!  Cold fronts arriving from the east.  The east?  At first, it appeared that these cold fronts would only touch northeastern New Mexico, but the forecast changed.  Jet streams changed and changed the forecasts.  Dynamic weather!

And change it did!  Suddenly the ski areas were cold again.  Wolf Creek was cold again and it was snowing!  Over the weekend, Wolf Creek received some 34" of snow in one day - Sunday!

What to do?  What to do?  Our first thought was go abandon Plan B and go back to Plan A.  But Winter Weather Warnings and Winter Travel Warnings started appearing on the weather reports.  At first, we thought perhaps Wednesday, February 25th might be the best travel day.  That is, until Chama received 2" of snow on Tuesday, roads were reported to be icy, and overnight temperatures were forecast to be in the teens.  Somehow, pulling a 19,000 pound fifth wheel behind a dually pickup all the while watching for icy patches and slick roads . . . no!  And the forecast after Wednesday?  Terrible.  Snow, sleet, and below freezing temperatures everyday for the next 7 days in Pagosa Springs.  Now we were kept out by weather!  Decisions!

Another problem was that by the time the weather was to clear enough to travel to Pagosa Springs, Spring Break would be upon Wolf Creek!  Not the time we wanted to be on the slopes!

OK, stick with Plan B.  Stay another week in Santa Fe, then head to Farmington and beyond.  Oh well, get caught up on this and that, and maybe even start doing taxes.  Ugh!