What a crazy weather year we are all having!  My hometown of Monticello, Utah, got dumped on big time this year with the white stuff.  Some people who have never been there think it is weird that they would even get snow in Southern Utah…but Monticello is at 7400 feet above sea level on the foothills of a mountain.  Still…they have been having a drought for as far back as I can remember…so a storm of this type hasn’t come along in a VERY long time.

Grandpa Slade ready to tackle the snow...

That's Grandpa Slade in the backyard with a backhoe...it gives you some perspective on how deep some of the drifts were.

 

Here he is out front trying to dig out the cars.

This is looking out from the house toward the shed...the lower half of which is hidden.

This is looking out of the window...it gives you perspective on how high the snow was.

Another window shot.

Those are some funky icecicles! This is just evidence of how much and how fiercly the wind blows in Monticello...the snow didn't just come down...it got blown all over the place.

Another window shot...

This is a neighbor helping my parents dig out.

This is my dad driving the loader out at the farm...even the backdrop is white!

I don't know who this house belongs to...but I hope they can find the rest of it :-).

The Monticello Temple amidst the storm.