Spring is Here, at Least Temporarily
Spring is in the air.
For the record, I hate spring.
Cold is good if it’s not wet. Windy is good if it’s not cold. Spring combines all three qualities into one unpleasant package. It’s wet, windy, and cold. It’s also ugly, with overcast skies, water that collects in the streets, melting snow that is dingy and has lost all its charm, and a dull-green and brown soggy ground that makes Army green fatigues look bright and cheery.
The teenaged boy who lives next door is playing basketball in his driveway. In February. In Minnesota. That’s just wrong. Return, winter!
Sure enough, it will. We usually get a good dumping of snow in March. And the ski hills have a good supply of snow stockpiled, ready to spread out across the slopes.
It’s times like this, by the way, that good snowmaking and grooming show their worth.
Of course, travel to the mountains is also an option.
Tags: spring snowboarding
