Weather on the Plateau is improving rapidly. It's supposed to reach the low 70s today with night-time temps in the 40s. Winds have ratcheted down from gale-force gusts to gentle breezes. Patches of snow are shrinking, aspens are leafing out, wildflowers are appearing--spring is beautiful in Kaibab Forest!
Hoping that the danger of frost is past, I started a modest vegetable garden. We have a hanging basket kit with two types of tomatoes; one plant grows up in the normal way while the other grows down from the drainage hole. If it works, we will have fresh tomatoes right outside our door! We're at step one where I'm mothering the seeds into seedlings.
We explored the ridge behind the store in a different direction yesterday (Wednesday) morning and discovered a beautiful little meadow surrounded by majestic ponderosa pines and graceful aspens. On the lower edge, tucked into the trees, is an old corral. A shiny white object, sitting in the open on top of the crisp green grass, caught my eye. It was an egg-significantly larger than a hen's egg with a more pointed end, in tact except for cracks underneath. Our best guess is that it's a duck's egg. There is no water close by and we've seen no ducks. So how did the egg come to the meadow?
Yesterday's morning walk was so invigorating and interesting that we decided to roam across the road, on the northern side of Kaibab Lodge. Proving once again that old saw 'you never know what you'll find,' we discovered the skeleton of a teepee in the woods, lingering snow, an adult and a very young horned toad, wildflowers, ground squirrel tunnels and remains of arrowheads.
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