Fellow Extravaganzers:
Well, I can tell you first hand, as shown in the attached pics taken this morning here at Extravaganza Headquarters, that winter has yet to fully leave Montana as, just today, (another) several inches of glistening white snow dispatched itself from the heavens only to further laden the upper clime snowpack in these parts! In the first of these shots you can seen a snow-covered lower back lawn with the others showing, in order, snowfall from the upper back deck, Ma’am warily walking on snow for the very first time in her now two-year life and a more veteran citizen likewise asking “What-da-heck?” from our upper backyard level.
Yesterday, as we completed the 1,126.9 mile (but, hey, who was keeping track?!?) drive from our California bookend to your Hostess With The Mostess, Kocktail Kathy’s summer bookend abode, three things (in addition to the length of the two day drive, that is) were striking: (a) as soon as the passive beauty of both Nevada and Idaho was in the rear view mirror, the actively open beauty of Montana overwhelmed us—its snow-capped peaks, its glorious country side and oh dem clouds, those beautiful, beautiful Montanaesque clouds (re)took us into their arms; (b) opening our gate and the driving down our driveway, spoke clearly to us that this, the epicenter of the Extravaganza is, indeed, our emotional home; and (c) that there is one heck of a lot of water that yet has to come down the streams of Montana prior to Group One’s arrival on June 18th!!
As to that last item first, as Flo reported to you earlier today, The Runoff has now officially begun and the upper portions of the Clark Fork River that we traversed as well as our own Rock Creek is starting to quickly and firmly swell with the early stages of the snow melt off as water levels have come up from the docile 220 cfs of last month to today’s more robust 1420 cubic feet per second [a 6.45 times increase for those mathematically inclined]. That being said, the name of the game now is to get more water down the river than arrives on a daily basis (witness today’s abundant snowfall as a day when that will not be accomplished) and to have a nice bell curve to the flow, such that The Runoff builds nicely like it is now so doing and then crescendos right around June 1st, then ebbs downwards in anticipation of your third trimester June arrival(s).
As to the first items next, it is always nice to be reminded that, at times, past decisions pave the way for a wonderful future. That is surely the case with KK and my decision nine years ago to acquire our second residence here in Western Montana. So many times we each may look back and say, “If only I had…”; returning back here to our emotional home yesterday was a (very, very) pleasant reminder that “Because we had….” In this case, “because we had…” results in “we will now experience…” for all 2011 Extravaganzers—what a joy that is and will be!
Much more coming your way this week from E-11’s official headquarters…stay tuned!!
Best to all from the scene of it all,
Rock Creek Ron
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