Snowstorm: 2006! – Where’s My Calendar? Edition

Snow Bunnies,

We’ve had a fairly dry winter here in my little alpine village. The occasional rainstorm was punctuated with long bouts of not much. This weekend arctic, La Niña-fueled storm has put an end to all that. My very unscientific guess is that we’ve received ten inches of fluffy powder so far, with more to come. It’s like an entire winter’s worth of snowfall in one weekend.

It appears that the county road crews have even given up on plowing the roads, so the daredevils are having to pick their way past The Lodge at a screaming two miles per hour. Even then, they slam on the brakes while whipping around the hair-raising five degree sweeping turn that forms a corner of my yard.

You folks East of the Mississippi will scoff, but this is Southern California. Cali! people! There was a woman skiing down the street an hour ago. On skis! The Lodge is thirty five miles from the desert for crissakes! (okay, we get it. you’ve got a real situation there. whoopee. – ed Okay, okay. It’s still kinda startling for a desert rat like myself. Thanks for indulging me though. – bob)

I took these pictures a couple hours ago and much more snow has fallen since. I guess I’ll have to take more, eh?

(Well, no getting out that way…)

(…and no swinging today either.)

There used to be tulips under there, somewhere.

That’s the view from the center of the living room looking South…

…and this is the view looking North. Cozy, no?

Your pal,

bob

EDITOR’S NOTE: did you notice that you can now click on the photo thumbnails to see larger versions? ol’ whatisface tried doing this a month ago and screwed it up, but now the full-sized images are full-sizier for your enjoyment. no need to thank me, just send cash. – your ever humble ed.