It’s been about a week and a half now since I took this (and many more) pic of Winona with a storm clearing and swirling above Utah’s La Sal Mountains on the northwestern horizon. The day was *gorgeous*.
It’s a good thing those mountains and Colorado’s have snow … but it’s not a lot. It’s less day by day. And none of that snow reaches Spring Creek Basin. Not even Disappointment Creek, which has had only sporadically running water so far this year, is doing very well (and it doesn’t run through Spring Creek Basin at all).
The view is gorgeous, but the outlook for this summer is grim.
Spring Creek Basin Mustangs 
Beautiful, precious Winona. Gorgeous landscapes. But yes, TJ, a grim outlook for the summer. A 50% normal snowpack and powdery ground. It’s going to be rough…and probably a season of fire.
In the worst year of the last few, I’m trying to have an optimistic outlook … but it fades literally every time I step outside. It looks like high summer out there already, except that the cottonwoods finally are starting to grow their catkins and leaf out. … Praying for rain!
Right, TJ. Always praying for rain.
She is a beautiful gal!
She truly is. š