Or the kind of snow that landed like goose down, during mud season.

"The spring is that mud season, just terrible," Ms. Sylvia said.

One caution: Wear boots - it's also mud season.

I also got a beige and white interior, which she would have considered completely impractical, especially in mud season.

Tourists love them, though they don't seem to come around much during mud season.

March/early April is the tail end of winter and beginning of "mud" season in Alaska.

But each year in mud season, many roads become impassable for days at a time.

On the other hand, when you shovel down to grass, mud season starts sooner.

IN the city they may call it spring, but country-home owners know this time of year by its real name: mud season.

It was during mud season when a woman I know got her car stuck and it froze overnight.