Feb 11, 2011

What was the climate of the area where you grew up?

It was typical Utah climate. Hot in the summer, great in the fall, cold in the winter and again great in the spring. Here are a few examples. I remember going out in the winter when it would be cold and starting a fire in the small wood burning stove to get enough heat to o the chores. One particular winter however was almost too much for that little stove when it got down to -33 degrees. Not all of our winter's were that cold but just about every winter we would have to connect a welder to our water pipes going out to the barn to thaw them out so we could have water for the cows.
Then there some pretty wet springs. There were three or four years when our road leaving the farm would wash out where we drove from the canal to the top of the bench. It was pretty muddy when it would wash out. One year we even had to walk a half mile into the yard since we couldn't get into the end of the road.
I always loved the summers until we had to haul hay in the midst of the heat. I loved the heat when we got to the canal and started to swim but that was usually the only time.
Fall however was the perfect season, other than school starting again. The fall colors were always so pretty and the weather was usually so good. It was a good time of the year because the hay was all in the stack and the irrigating done for the year. there were the different fruits to can but they were always so good to have later through the year.
I grew up in a special place that will always be close to my heart.