One of the many things Dave and Jan enjoy about their move to Cedar City, Utah is the variety in the weather with the changing of the seasons. Southern California’s mild climate allowed for outdoor activities almost every day of the year, but frequent winter temperatures in the 80’s hardly felt like winter (though, of course, there were cooler and sometimes rainy days along with the unseasonably warm days). Cedar City’s winter days are considerably cooler, so they call for different kinds of outdoor activities (or different kinds of clothing at least), because sometimes it snows!

Dog walking in snowy weather is a little more challenging than dog walking on a warm dry day. Jan’s dog Lola doesn’t object too much to walks in snowy weather, but her fur doesn’t take too kindly to accumulation of snow on her legs.

Some new friends, planning a move from California to Dave and Jan’s neighborhood when their house in Cedar City is completed, invited the Balsleys to join them at their rented condo at the Brian Head Ski Resort on March 12th, which turned out to be one of the snowier days in the Cedar City area this winter season. There was plenty of snow on the mountain, but Dave and Jan’s Subaru Legacy (with all wheel drive) proved sufficient for the drive up to Brian Head.

One of the winter activities Dave and Jan enjoy is cross country skiing. Though heavy snow prevented a cross country skiing adventure with their new friends the day they visited them in their condo at Brian Head, Dave and Jan drove to the area a week earlier to check out the cross country options and found them ideal for winter recreation.

The Apostle Paul reminded the Athenians, as he addressed them at the Areopagus on Mars Hill, that the Lord gave witness to His goodness by providing rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying their hearts with food and gladness (Acts 14:17) – and He is still doing the same today by His provision of snow in Cedar City!