Iowa bound - part 2

Made it to the hotel, Sheraton, downtown Iowa City.

Monday night, snow storm has not reached Iowa yet.

Tuesday Morning, here we go, it's here. Good thing for shuttle service to the university, I didn't have to drive in the icy condition.

Temperature didn't go above 20 during the day, and hovered around 1 degree at night. The streets are covered with ice. I stayed in the hotel as much as I can, :), especially my good winter coat was stolen during my last trip to Troy, Michigan.

Students from the university had a big snow ball fight, trying to beat the record set by University of Wisconsin at Madison. I don't know if the Hawkeyes were successful with their record breaking attempt, but they were brave to hang out in the freezing temperature, and the wind chill brought on by the high wind accompanying the snow.

Well lit alley way. Downtown Iowa City.

Iowa bound - part 1

Business trip to Iowa City last week, I wasn't sure if I can even get out of Flagstaff. Good thing I had arranged for my flight to depart in Phoenix. A little trecherous on the highway, but not too many cars in the ditch yet.

At 7000 feet elevation, snowing pretty good. Already had about 6 inches of snow by our house, where's the snow plower?

Down to 4,000 ft elevation, now it's just raining, but low cloud creates another hazadous driving condition.

Made it to Phoenix! Green grass, palm tree, but temperature is mid-40s.

No delay, whew. 3 hours to go to O'Hare.

First Snow

From 10-28-09. Which is the first time since we moved here that it snowed in October. They predicted a good snow season this year, I guess it's a prelude of things to come.

Flying home from Detroit, I can't tell if we were over New Mexico or Colorado, but there was a lot of snow fall over this moutain range. I wish my GPS would work in the plane so I can tell where I am while flying, :)

Cut Short.

Image from yesterday. A ponderosa pine seedling that didn't make it to maturity.