We had planned to camp a few nights when Travis and Stephanie came to visit, but the weather was just not cooperative. Instead we visited the O'Fallon County Historical Museum, The Big-K drive up restaurant, the Carter County Museum in Ekalaka, Miles City, the Plevna Bar, Reynold's Grocery story ("Be Foxy, Shop at Reynolds!"), and our house a few times.
The temperature stayed right around 55-60 degrees, and it rained the whole time! Whenever I expressed my disappointment in this, people who live here just scoffed. It's beautiful weather, they say. The rain is a wonderful thing! Look at how green things are!
This puzzled me, so I did a few Google searches to find out what the deal is with precipitation.
Average yearly rainfall in Arlington Heights, IL = 33"
Average yearly rainfall in Baker, MT= 14"
Rain in April this year = 4"
Rain in May this year = 5.75"
So, yeah, we're getting a lot more rain this year in Baker. I don't know what this means yet, although I'm sure I'll learn soon enough. It's meant a lot more mowing and gardening than I was expecting, and a lot more mud. More laundry because of muddy dogs, and more trips out to the car with the vacuum cleaner.
I'm not sure about down there, but up here it means a possible less insane fire season. And that is always a good thing!
ReplyDeleteThey're saying that the grass will grow very long, and then dry out later in the season, making for a much shorter, but hotter season (I guess with longer/more dry grass to burn the fires will be bigger??). I really have no idea though...
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