Cripple Creek, Colorado
This morning the temperature in Cripple Creek is minus 4, and the Weather Underground predicts it will warm up to a blistering 2 degrees today, with a 70% chance of "precipitation." That will probably be in the form of snow, ya think?
Of course all the locals and the few hardy visitors in town are snugged up in warm houses and rooms. Still, this is the type of extreme cold that gets a person's attention. And rightly so-- as my brother said on the phone yesterday, there isn't any margin for error and a simple goof out in the elements can have dire consequences.
Not to sound so gloomy. I'm fine, other than the typical high altitude complaints, and won't be straying more that a few populated blocks in any direction today. Blue sky and blinding Colorado sunshine is promised for tomorrow, which should be a magnificent and welcome sight on all this fresh snow.
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