Saturday, May 17, 2008

Tender Mercies

We are having our first warm days here at Holden. For the past two days, temperatures have risen into the high 80's and the change from the chilly temperatures of recent days has been sudden. Railroad Creek, which runs through the village, is absolutely rushing by and the water level is very high. There are avalanche warnings out with expectations of large numbers of avalanches and they are expected to be massive ones. Let me reassure you that there are no threats of avalanches here within the village, but hikers are warned daily to be wary.

With the increasingly high temperatures and the ability now to run all the dryers, the air temperatures in the laundry have risen as well. Those of us working there one morning this past week were feeling the accumulated morning heat but nevertheless prepared to take the morning coffee break at 10:30.

We went down the hill to the dining hall and instead of coffee, we found freshly made (and made out of of fresh fruit) mango-blueberry milkshakes. Such a treat.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Hi, Wanda! Sounds like it is gorgeous up there in the mountains. Glad you survived all those high school kids. : ) We saw your e-mail about the Vespers but were unable to locate your talk on the Holden site but would love to hear about it sometime. Take care-- Becky