Out Our Way: Spring, summer and Fall

Out our, way we know it is not all fun and games. Though we live in Paradise, the winter has been something short of enjoyable. From October through March, the Alberta Clippers have hit and hit hard. Friends of mine in different parts of the country hear about our winter and ask me, “Why do you live there?” I respond, “Three words: spring, summer and fall.” Sometimes I add the real deal clincher — the fourth word: “chinooks.”

I have lived in other parts of the country and the worst was the Midwest, were the snow came in October or November and stayed until April, and the ski...