Fellow Extravaganzers:
Mildness has not marched its way into Montana yet, as witnessed by the attached photos taken just a bit ago here at Extravaganza Headquarters. Temperatures this morning on Rock Creek were hovering right at 18 degrees (above zero, at least) when your Hostess with the Mostess and I awoke, and, right now, as depicted in the first of the attached pics, snow yet abounds in these parts. The second two photos are taken from the upper left balcony shown in the first, depicting our chain drain spouts which, each winter, double as long standing ice icicles!.
In fact, the artic chill that has descended on these parts will dip temperatures into record lows tomorrow evening, and put in serious jeopardy my scheduled Friday skwala fishing trip with our super outfitter, John "The Great" Gould of Double Up Outfitters (John The Great: If it ain't getting above 40 come Friday, we ain't a-fishin!). With snow still falling here, the good news is that the snow pack in the upper Bitterroot Mountains (our snow pack barometer) yet hovers at 97% of normal, prognosticating excellent fishing conditions for Extravaganza 2009, and the year-to-date precipitation for the Upper Clark Fork River Basin, our other relevant barometer, is pegged right at 101% of historical average--bueno, bueno, bueno!
For those of you who would like to follow the local Missoula weather patterns more closely, particularly as that subject becomes more and more relevant as days speed by, all you have to do is toggle over to (y)our blogsite for Extravaganza 2009 at www.montanaextravaganza2009.blogspot.com where we have a weather button posted along with links to our great friends at the Montana Wildlife Federation and the International Wildlife Film Festival.
Best to all from the (chilly) scene of it all,
Rock Creek Ron
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