Denver just experienced its 4th rainiest May in history, and the forecast for June is not much better. I took the photograph above of the boathouse in Washington Park (built in 1913) a few days ago, as once again clouds were threatening more rain. All this moisture makes walking and biking around town pretty dicey. On the other hand, back in 2020, it looked like the entire state was going to burn down, and so I think it is well worth dodging a few raindrops for Colorado to avoid total disaster. Of course, we have had these long bouts of rain and/or snow before, and just weeks later found ourselves back in severe drought conditions. And so who knows what the rest of the summer will bring? Is this all due to climate change? Probably, but as I recall, Colorado has been in a severe drought condition since I moved here back in 1981. I guess it is just a case of more of the same, only more so. "Deal with it," as renowned poets and philosophers throughout history have been fond of saying.
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