June snow in Hatgal soum, Huvsgul
Let me finish posting remarks from last trip. This is continuation from the last post. …After a while finally we had a chance to visit Lake Huvsgul but was caught in snow blizzard. It started as rain all night long in Murun town but became snow blizzard while we were on the road to Hatgal town on the brink of the lake. We ran into a Japanese jeep stuck in snow and a stuck Russian jeep too. Four guys from our car went out and pushed the Japanese jeep and had it released from the grip of high snow. Interestingly one of the passengers in the car was my former teacher of electrical sciences at the Technical University. We were glad to see each other.
Then a heavy duty Russian make truck passed by us leaving a little break in the snow like an icebreaker ship would. The new track left from the truck allowed us to pass through this difficult spot with our Russian jeep. But it was not so for the other Russian jeep. So our driver moved into their car and drove it through the snow again.
When we came in Hatgal, the sky cleared and we stopped in front of Agar cafe.
Agar cafe, Hatgal town
The snow started melting quickly in the bright sun.We call this type of snow or rain “oil” because it suppresses dust and let green shoots emerge making the valleys beatiful. While I dropped from the car in Hatgal my friends continued their drive to Huvsgul Sor ger camp at Lake Huvsgul. Then a stranger, a guy came and offered me a stay in a guesthouse he runs. He was a guy I was looking for. He made fire in a ger for me. The next day friends came back from the lake and we headed for Murun town again. A beautiful ride we had. The snow had melted almost, watering the plains and the plains turned green.
Then we passed by a smaller lake, Erkhel.
So we enjoyed this performance of nature which was the SHOW of the day for us, which is the Lord’s free gift. The next day in Murun was hot. In 2 days, a whole year’s weather have happened to us. Are we going to be a speedy country doing a whole year’s work in 2 days?