By Jim Stanford on October 19, 2007
“Autumn,” wrote the French existentialist Albert Camus, “is a second spring where every leaf is a flower.”
This year, perhaps due to the late summer rains, the re-blooming seemed particularly vivid and prolonged, especially in town, where the cottonwoods were ablaze the past few weeks, as orange as a ripe pumpkin.
But after yesterday’s first frosting of snow (the first that actually stuck to the ground), today we’re back to dreary rain. When you have to turn the lights on during the height of day, that’s gloomy.
This kind of weather is good for:
- a) working;
- b) drinking; and
- c) getting out of town
While today’s storm will leave the deciduous forests around Jackson all but leafless, the fall foliage is just beginning to peak elsewhere, such as in New England, where Sox fans are breathing a little easier. Here’s a map of colors for those venturing eastward.
Up on Teton Pass, it’s starting to look pretty wintry. Sloppy, though. No doubt there will be knuckleheads (and knuckledraggers) skidding down Tele Bowl this weekend.
*Here’s an update as of late Friday afternoon: Jackson Hole Mountain Resort is reporting six new inches and a 23-inch base on the upper mountain. This is the photo the resort sent out to the media.
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