Travel Photo Thursday
Well, I actually had something else in mind, but in case you didn’t hear, we had a blizzard in Tucson yesterday, so I just had to post a few snow pictures.
From the GREAT Tucson Blizzard of 2013:
Here’s my Facebook status from yesterday afternoon:
Well, the great Tucson blizzard of ’13 is finally over. Thank GOD we had stocked up on bottled water and Pringles and instant cocoa. Because the snow fell for TWO HOURS! And it piled up to — well it actually didn’t pile up–it melted–but that white stuff kept falling down and it COULD have piled up to–an inch, at least. But the WORST part is–it is going to be at LEAST SIX DAYS before the temperature gets over the 60′s and back in the 70′s. I’m telling you–a lot of tans are going to suffer.
And here’s what it looked like.
The street in front of my house.
WHAT? You can’t see those snowflakes? How about this?
Snow on the mailbox in Tucson, February 2013
Well, yes, people from Tucson do exaggerate about the weather and I DO know what REAL snow looks like. Here’s Virginia.
On my sister’s front porch in Virginia, January 2010
This one somehow makes me think of Robert Frost.
The no-drive driveway in Virginia.
And here I am in Tennessee in November 2012.
The path to Clingman Dome in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, Tennessee, November 2012
In December of 2011, we drove to Window Rock for the Navajo Christmas festival.
Window Rock, AZ, Navajo Reservation, Motel view, December 2011
Snow along I-40, in northern AZ
Okay, that is quite enough of that! I’m going to have a cup of hot chocolate. What do you do when it snows?
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Tags: Arizona, Great Smoky National Park, Navajo Reservation, snow, Tennessee, travel photos, Tucson, Virginia, Window Rock
Oh poor Vera, I hope you have recovered you tan by now
I love watching snow fall from the window. It such a beautiful and calming sight — that is until I wake to the reality that I have to help my husband shovel!
Your photo of the snow in northern AZ looks divine.
Exactly the way I feel about it–love snow through a window–at a distance–while I’m warm and dry.
Your Facebook post made me laugh as did this one! Snow in Tucson is as rare as in Seattle. We make it a party in our neighborhood (especially if wind or the weight of the snow pulls down power lines) The neighbors gather and drink wine together and if anyone has a source of heat, we might even heat a pot of soup to share.
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Jackie Smith would like you to read..On the Road in Tuscany. . .
I used to live in Utah and enjoyed the snow, especially around Christmas!
Nothing beats a beautiful snowy evening, snow piling up, large, fluffy flakes floating to the ground, and the peace that accompanies such evenings!
Now that I live in Northern California, I don’t get those snowy days and nights anymore.
Guess I’ll have to take a trip to Tahoe to get that!
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As I have only ever seen snow falling once, I can honestly say “I take photographs when I see it snowing”! I have seen snow more often but not it actually falling.
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budget jan would like you to read..Budget Experience – Madrid’s Retiro Park
Snow, snow, snow! Wow! I, too, am glad you were stocked up on your bottled water and Pringles and instant cocoa! I like that!
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Paz would like you to read..Picture-taking at the Apollo
Where was your shovel hiding? I’m Canadian
When it snows I make snow angels. Truth, I hate snow, and have been lucky enough to spend all of my recent winters in a tropical country. I am going back to Korea on Monday, which is not a tropical country. This time next week I’ll be whining about the cold, but hopefully NOT about any snow 
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I’m so sorry, Vera. It’s tough to send you any sympathy from here in CT. But I must say, I was quite surprised to hear of the snow in Tucson! Now, go out and shovel those flakes!
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Sheryl would like you to read..What Every Woman Needs to Know About Heart Disease
Hahaha, this is a good one, Vera!
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Two hours? I’m thinking, that’s nothing! But I forget this is Tucson. Glad you had your supplies. I’m sure that hot chocolate is exactly what the doctor ordered. Enjoy!
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At least it doesn’t look like you had to shovel. I can spend hours shoveling – between sidewalks, decks and a driveway and keep telling myself how many calories I’m burning off. I bet it’s drop dead gorgeous once the sun comes out.
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When it snows here in the San Francisco Bay Area I jump for joy like a giddy little child
Then I start complaining about how cold it is and go inside to have hot chocolate like you!
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I’m not sure how you survived it.
I mean, you almost, maybe, had to dig around for some boots maybe?
Yeah, Laura, it was tough. The flip-flops had to stay indoors.