Winter Storm

November 26th, 2006

Now that we are out of the warm weather, it’s time for me to start thinking about winter activities. Now that I live just 60 miles outside of Tahoe, it’s tough to not think about it. In fact, I have begun taking Tahoe weather into account for my daily planning.

Yesterday marked opening day at Sugarbowl - my new home mountain. A couple of weeks ago I purchased season passes for me, Lily, and the two kids (JR is actually free for the next two seasons). The passes that I bought are actually good at both Sugarbowl and my favorite resort - Kirkwood, so depending upon conditions, I’ll have a couple of options to choose from.

The news this morning is calling for a major storm coming in off of the Pacific. It’s a bit further north, but looks to be coming straight for us. Weather forecasters are calling for 1.5 inches of rain here, and up to 18 inches of snow in the mountains. Our first big dump of the year! So after I throw some breakfast down my throat, I’ll pack up the family and head up the hill - time to get our pictures taken and get our passes. Hopefully, I’ll be able to get my legs on later this week. It’s gonna be a goooood winter.

Update: I was able to pick up our season passes and beat it home before the snow really kicked in. I uploaded the pics to a new set.

3 Responses to “Winter Storm”

  1. David Says:
    November 27th, 2006 at 3:26 pm

    Dude, I’m jealous.

  2. Dave Frank Says:
    November 27th, 2006 at 5:25 pm

    I must say your pix are making me miss the snow. If business takes off perhaps we’ll say goodbye to the high humidity and year round mosquitos. Where did you say you were? Rosedale? Roseville? ;)

  3. Joan Says:
    November 30th, 2006 at 2:03 pm

    Sounds like a blast! We are getting about 10 inches here in OK today and this evening! Kids have been going in and out of it all day long. Getting ready to make the snow ice cream and of course they love the hot chocolate when they come in out of the cold! I will have to get some pix up for you to see as well!

    When I lived in CA growing up, we always went somewhere up in Sonora during snow and it is awesomely beautiful! Some great memories there!

    Saw you sign on and thought I would see if you had any new entries over here…. NOW back to work! ;)

    Joan

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