we too are here in ND, in the middle of a snow storm, roads getting really icy.

started to get my trailer ready for the season last week and have had nothing but snow every other day since then.

only good thing about spring snow, we know it won't last too long.LOL

I lived in Minnesota for 2 winters! The longest-----------winters of my life. Snow in Oct. and lastest till April. I remenber the first time I ever went there it was over the 4th of July and I was reminded to bring a jacket.  What??? In Illinois the winters are long enough but we have spring flowers and trees leafing out. Hope it warms up soon for you.

its crazy out here in the Pacific NW....in theory our ride season started last month, but rides are being cancelled because the trails are so muddy as to be dangerous, under windfallen trees and in some cases, under snow. Trails that arent under snow or debris are trashed from the frost heave and runoff. Rivers and creeks are at flood stage and huge swaths of pasture are underwater. Even here in urban Seattle and its environs we had snow and hail (and even some minutes of sun) all in one day just yesterday. I still have my chains in my car, hoping that will keep serious snow at bay here in the lowlands. and dont even get me started on my poor confused fruit trees....

On sunday, I got to teach an outdoor cooking class up on Mt Rainier with snow falling on our heads. hooray.(interesting how the students decided that cooking over a fire was better than using a propane stove ;))

 All you folks with  more serious weather be safe!!! we better have a glorious fall. that's all I'm sayin'.

We have record snowpacks in the mountains, As the weather is starting to warm, we are getting rain on that snowpack and it's causing flooding.   We are a desert state. So flooding is not the  norm.  Folks having to sandbag their homes to protect them from record high run off water.

Most of the ski resort closed last weekend. But they are expecting 10-20 inches of new snow tonight. Every weekend that I planned to head out to the desert for a ride, has been canceled by heavy rains. I know you folks in the Pacific Northwest ride in the rain. But I'm in a desert state that expect 270 days of sunshine a year. I'm not about to trailer my horses 4 hours and spend the next 8 hours sitting on a wet horse in a rainstorm. I'll just wait for our normal sunny weather.

My neighbor runs the BLM Wild Horse Center. He has 500 + mustangs in his corrals awaiting adoptions.  Some do gooders came out last week and critized him for the poor mustangs having to stand in mud.  They sent out the animal control and county sheriff. All of which said, Yep, they are standing in mud, What did you expect.  But he ended up having several article printed in the papers about how the BLM neglects the poor mustangs.  I told him, I'm sure glad they didn't come past my place and harrass me about the mud.

Gard,

I agree, it is official.. I too am really tired of winter. 10 days ago we had a bbq at our place, that was 3 snowfalls ago.. fresh 8" on the ground today...gave up and am enjoying a margarita, cheers!

Have one for me, a large one. Bottoms up. 

Painted HOrse, as you say we know rain up here in the PacNW but usually its rather polite rain. misty drops that are actually kinda refreshing, keep the dust down and if you wear a decent slicker , you're fine.

desert rain is something else totally different. arroyos, flash floods, clay soil that turns into a mud skating rink...I dont blame you for sitting it out!

(tho I admit that this winter even our rain was less than polite. when the water is sheeting off the ground so that there's a good inch of RUNNING water on every surface? yeah, even *I* wimp out on that one. I dont want a rain loosened tree coming down on my head, thank you very much...)

that said, we are in a week of actually not horrible weather!! blue skies (in between the normal grey), no actual precipitation, and tho cold enough to frost at night (in friggin' APRIL????) my workplace is looking pretty deserted as people remember "appointments" they have to go do to try and catch some sunshine at last :). of course the rain is expected to return in time for the weekend, cuz that's how we roll around here :)

I'm not willing to share our sunshine, we dont have that much. but I hope the weather trend extends for all of you back east as well!

As much as I hate this cold, wet Spring which is a repeat of the past two years, I'll take it as further to the south and east has been getting hammered with severe storms and twisters.

I'm getting my rides in between cold blasts and windy days. It may be just down the gravel road or my drive, but better than nothing!