Snowstorms, life and some other stuff

Hello everybody and thanks for being patient about my next post. My sister-in-law's illness has turned everything upside down and I am slowly trying to get back into a normal routine. Please check out trekkingfordebbie.blogspot.com, it's my other blog, dedicated to Debbie. When I started this blog, I never knew that I would be dedicating my Mount Everest Base Camp trek to my sister-in-law. Life changes in the blink of an eye! And sometimes, in that split second, lives can be affected far more than you could ever imagine.
Moving on... the weather in Las Vegas has been amazing lately! We've experienced 105°F temperatures in the LV Valley to snowstorms in the mountains within a week of each other. I had the pleasure of taking several hikes in the Mount Charleston (and Red Rock) area in the past few days, getting caught last Friday (5/16), in a pretty nasty snowstorm. The higher peaks, in the 1o,000 + foot-range, will have to wait even longer because the snow is now pretty deep up there. The day I got caught in the snowstorm, I was planning to attempt Griffith Peak. Luckily for me, I accidentally took the wrong trail, so hadn't gotten very far into the wilderness when the storm hit. I've always considered myself a slow descender, but that day, I practically ran down the slope. It was thundering and nearly white-out conditions. When I finally reached my car, about a half of foot of snow had to be cleared before I could see out the windshield!

Here's some pictures from my latest adventures:
I'm including a couple my first video attempts for the blog, hope you like them!




Big Falls in the distance




Big Falls




Roaring Big Falls




Griffith Peak--NOT



Thunderstorms threaten Turtlehead Peak



Griffith in the distance from Trail Canyon