Traveling Through a Bomb Cyclone
As we departed Denver on Amtrak's historic and scenic California Zephyr, the rain quickly turned to a heavy wet snow. We had already been warned that we would be trying to get through a bomb cyclone snow storm before it was impassable. We slowly made our way into the Rocky Mountains. We had been looking forward to seeing the scenery on this part of our journey because everything we read about it told us it is spectacular. This route is actually famous for the beautiful scenery through this section of the country so we were definitely looking forward to this part of our journey. Passing through this bomb cyclone turned out to be a good news-bad news sort of thing. The good news was that the snow would probably add interest to the landscape and particularly the expansive views out the windows of our roomette. As a photographer, I was excited about that. The bad news is that while the snow is falling from this monstrous cyclone circling far overhead, we probably won