April Showers...

...can ground small airplanes. The Mister and I are stuck in Colorado Springs right now, with a line of weather all the way back to Phoenix. Anyone who flies small airplanes and is committed to safety (as the Mister is) has to be willing to lose some time now and then. I think of it as enforced rest, which really isn't too bad.

In the meantime, we are thankful for the moisture in Arizona; after our wet winter, it is imperative to keep some moisture in the high country so that it doesn't turn into a tinder box this summer. We are a camping family, and lately have endured some camping seasons with no campfires allowed.

As we flew up here last Thursday, the Mister pointed to Roosevelt Lake below us and said, "We are the only living humans to see it that full." He then explained to me that the capacity of the dam was increased a few years ago, but then we were hit by the drought, and that capacity has never been used. This year, for the first time, it is filling up, and it has only three feet to go, but is still continually filling with snow melt, and now this storm. Which means, of course, that some other living human has now seen it even more full than when we did on Thursday, but that's okay. I don't mind having my record broken in this category.

We hope to return safely tomorrow evening.