Monday (MLK observance) was a holiday for some and others had to work. In our family, Jim had to work and Stown and I had the day to play together. We had planned on going up to the mountain and working on our snowboard park skills (jumps, rails, etc.) but I woke up with a wicked sore throat so we decided to take it easy. We loaded the dogs up and took a drive to our property up at Lemon Reservoir. We hadn't ever been up there in the winter and wondered how much snow would be there and if my 2 -wheel drive car would even make it.
Driving up the snow packed road to the land.
The roads run on the east and south of the property. The trees on the corner are the only trees on the entire plot.
Our snow covered mountain meadow, blanketed with about 3 feet of fluff. ( I can't wait to build our home up here.)
Back down to the frozen lake (reservoir) to let the dogs run. Boy, they sure love the snow!!
Stown (looking like the infamous Bigfoot picture) hiked ahead towards the lake. The wind was whipping but there were no kiters (people who fly huge kites and ski or snowboard behind them) out that day.
Looking south down the lake towards the dam.We realized that the kiters weren't out due to the thin ice conditions. There were bare spots across the lake where you could see water. A very unusual thing for this time of year. We don't seem to have as much snow as years past but statistics say we are 7% above average. Of course, some placed have gotten an overload where others have been deprived - but that's why they call it an average.
As for now we keep -
Praying for Snow!!
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