Where Does the Wind Go?

Where does the wind go when it doesn't blow?

This is a question from my Dad that got us all to ponder from a young age.

Where does the wind go when it doesn't blow?

Hmm, of course, we always had an answer. It goes someplace else. But where? It goes in the trees? Can you see it? The list goes on. Even as an adult, usually in a circle with other adults who are drinking adult beverages, the question comes up from time to time, and we all sit and ponder the deepness of the question, and crack up at all the crazy answers. Somehow everyone knows you can't answer the question with scientific reasoning, and talk of fronts and the jet stream.

Until now.

Now I know where the wind goes when it doesn't blow.

It comes to Utah, specifically to the Wasatch Front, for a fabulous ski vacation. It comes and sets up camp and brings it's buddy snow with it. For the last three days it has been here on vacation and it's giving no sign of when it's leaving. And since it's on vacation, it's got to show off a little for the locals. No small breezes here, no way. These are near hurricane strength winds we're talking about. Constant. Wind sure nows how to party.

You'd think I'd be used to it, living in Florida for 5+ years. Completely different. In Florida, the wind picked up, got stronger, and blew on through. It rarely stayed for very long at a time.

So here we go, another day surrounded by snow drifts and listening to the wind blow. I've found it's got quite a personality, too. In our bedroom, the wind whistling through some unseeable opening around the window sounds like a harmonica. I had to camp out on the couch last night for awhile, because it was so nerve-racking. Oh, and if your in one of the bathrooms, it sounds like one of those long lumber carts from Lowe's being pushed down the aisle. Twice, before I figured it out, I looked outside to see what kind of truck was out there.

Funny, that wind, quite a character. I'm just glad I finally mastered the question. Not as glad as I am that the heat works, and that Brennan and I don't have to go outside for any reason today, but a small victory all the same.

Hugs From Windy Utah,
Heather