Outside of Kayenta, El Capitan a volcanic rock structure is part of the experience traveling to the cabin from Phoenix.

Turning onto the loop road this cloud system over the LaSals portended snow but it was beautiful beyond compare.

Heading up the loop road I could see a storm was brewing on the mountain near the cabin. Like they say, there is no such thing as bad or good weather...just weather and depending on your circumstances it is beautiful all the time. This storm was beautiful from a this distance.

With fresh snow there was a race to see who could get their names written in the snow first. Dane has the first letter and beginning the second one here as seen from the porch. The grand kids were not too interested in using the playground because they were too busy going down the luge Torrin built in the back yard down the hill.

Snow during the night made for some shoveling in the morning but the scenery was beautiful.

Son Torrin, born and raised in Phoenix is not real clear on the proper gear for snow shoveling but he does seem to enjoy it. For the second time in 2010, once earlier this past Spring and now here, he shoveled at least a couple tons of snow around the cabin.

The Sand flats road had a couple sets of tire marks from the previous snow and I was the first to go through the most recent snow fall. The skies were clear, crisp and beautiful.

By the time I reached the lane into the cabin, the snow was undisturbed let alone plowed and while a bit concerned that I would have to put on the chains, the truck did just fine and I navigated into the cabin with no problem.

Taken with my Iphone while doing about driving did not make for a stable photo but this scene captures my imagination. Obviously there is a stiff wind, and with clouds forming in the background the odds for Snow were pretty high.

We had good intentions of riding the bikes when we left Phoenix, but as the first morning dawned, we realized it was probably not going to happen thanks to 4 inches of snow during the night. It was not particularly cold during the day but with the snow as deep as it was we never could muster up sufficient effort to actually go. Here Dane is deciding whether or not to give it a try.