Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!

We drove up in a little bit of rain and slush, but the real snow began to fall yesterday afternoon and we woke up to a bit of blue sky with snow on the ground. And now it is definitely snowing! I'm happy to know that we will most definitely have a white Christmas while we're up here at Sam & Jenn's. It is the perfect place to rest, relax, enjoy our family, AND ski whenever we want!

Snow, Beautiful Snow!

The sun rose into a blue sky this morning, but within hours, the temperature fell and wind began to blow snowflakes down from the sky. What a beautiful sight! It was slushy down at lake level but the flakes quietly built up and left everything beautifully dusted with a white coat. Tom and Sam braved the weather and went skiing while Jenn and I visited Kathy at Mountain Critters and then had a nice lunch at the Blue Agave.

Last Week's "Monster Storm"

That's what they actually called it and getting to be home to watch the weather coverage last Friday, Saturday, and Sunday was really exciting . . . eleven feet of snow fell over the four days of storm at Kirkwood and there was so much snow and wind on Highway 80 between Sacto and Reno they had to close it for a while! While it didn't break any records, this storm made it into the record book as one of the biggest storms in more than one aspect.Meanwhile down in our part of the state, the giant storm brought honest-to-goodness real rain - 2.35" in our rain gauge over the three days.