Snow on the Mountains!

View of Sierra Blanca from Ruidoso

Snow fell during the early morning hours on our last day in Ruidoso.  We arose to about 2 inches of a powdery, sparkly frosting of snow on everything.  The ski area and the surrounding White Mountain Wilderness received 6 – 8 inches.  Like kids out of school on a ‘snow day’ we hurriedly dressed and went out to play.  Maya thinks snow is just about the most fun thing there is so she was off running, barking and burying her head up to her ears in the soft, wet stuff.  David and I were almost as bad.

Snow frosted pines from the deck of my parent's cabin

We went out to breakfast with Jim before he headed back to Ft. Worth.  It was kind of scary creeping and sliding down the steep road from my parent’s cabin into town but we were determined to make it to the Cornerstone Bakery.  They have the best pinon coffee we have ever tasted and their breakfast selection of New Mexico egg dishes, pancakes and pastries is quite good.



Santa Fe Eggs Benedict



Cornerstone Bakery Breakfast

 

Jim got off safely for his trip home but we couldn’t get our car back up the road to the cabin.  No worries, we hadn’t had our fill of the snow yet, so we went for a long walk and played with Maya until the road was plowed and the snow had melted off a little more. The sun was quickly warming things up and the snow would not last long in town.  We finally arrived back at the cabin cold and wet.  Maya’s fur had frozen in places, so we had a little warming up and drying off to do, but it was a great way to spend our last day in the mountains.  We were happy to hear that more snow was predicted in the days to come.  Maybe the rest of February will bring much needed moisture to the mountains.

Snow Maya