It's a pretty funky spring. I can't remember one quite like this. I went for a motorcycle ride in the Foothills on Saturday. I was throwing a pretty good plume of dust behind me, and then I came around a corner, and there was an impassable snowdrift.

It's not uncommon to find a snow drift in a shady area at high elevation, but there's definitely something different going on this year. There's still lots of snow on north slopes and in shady areas, but it's bare and dusty on south slopes and sunny spots.

Unless we get a serious rain storm, which seems less likely as we get closer to June, I think we're going to see slow, steady snowmelt this year. We have a big snowpack in the high country, but high country snow tends to come off slowly. When we get the first sustained heat wave, we will get a flush of water, but I will be surprised if we see any flooding. I am predicting the Salmon River will crest at about 60,000 cfs in the first week of June, and screamin' high water won't last long.

I could be wrong, but I think we're going to see reservoirs fill and rivers have cool, steady flows all summer long. It will be nice to see after recent years of drought.