{"id":187,"date":"2010-07-20T22:18:04","date_gmt":"2010-07-21T02:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marksisco.com\/blog\/?p=187"},"modified":"2010-07-20T22:18:15","modified_gmt":"2010-07-21T02:18:15","slug":"against-the-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marksisco.com\/?p=187","title":{"rendered":"Against the Odds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s go over a few facts about Yellowstone winters:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Snowfall &#8211; Avg. 150 inches, 400 inches in higher elevations<\/li>\n<li>Temps &#8211; Avg. Highs around 20F, Avg. Lows approx. 5-10F (sub-zero not uncommon)<\/li>\n<li>Coldest recorded day &#8211; -60F<\/li>\n<li>From 1995-2005, Yellowstone was the coldest place in the USA 337 days (10% of the time)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For those of you who live in cold climates, this may not seem all that bad.\u00a0 But the temperatures and snow, mixed with winds and unpredictable extremes on any given day, make for a long, brutal winter.\u00a0 Bear in mind that the park is subject to extreme winter conditions anytime between October and May.\u00a0 I am amazed at how wildlife survive such a long, threatening season with little food.<\/p>\n<p>Somehow, against the odds, spring awakes from a long, stifling slumber year after year!\u00a0 This scene of grass sprouting eternal through snow after an extended winter&#8217;s nap brought to mind a couple of thoughts.\u00a0 Perseverance and patience are almost always the victors.\u00a0 There is a sprig of youthful energy and hope in almost every gloomy day &#8230; if we open our eyes to look for it!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_188\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-188\" title=\"Hayden Valley\" src=\"http:\/\/marksisco.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/hdr-1018-1020-700x466.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marksisco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/hdr-1018-1020-700x466.jpg 700w, https:\/\/marksisco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/hdr-1018-1020.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-188\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">No Winter Lives Forever, No Spring Skips Its Turn    ~ Hal Borland<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s go over a few facts about Yellowstone winters: Snowfall &#8211; Avg. 150 inches, 400 inches in higher elevations Temps &#8211; Avg. Highs around 20F, Avg. Lows approx. 5-10F (sub-zero not uncommon) Coldest recorded day &#8211; -60F From 1995-2005, Yellowstone was the coldest place in the USA 337 days (10% of the time) For those [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marksisco.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marksisco.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marksisco.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marksisco.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marksisco.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=187"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/marksisco.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":190,"href":"https:\/\/marksisco.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187\/revisions\/190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marksisco.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marksisco.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marksisco.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}