Snow Day!

[rantingranger]

The poor Wife has had a difficult time of things lately, and really needed some time for herself. She planned earlier this week to take some such time today, but alas, our daycare provider's child had a stomach bug, leaving the Wife to care for the Boy in the morning. Utterly unable to concentrate on any academic substance at school, I concocted a

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[gwynny]

That second picture is classic. Where did you go?

[rantingranger]

We stopped at the first officially designated "vista point" up the Trinity Scenic Byway (CA-299); if you head over Lord Ellis Summit, across Redwood Creek, and just past Circle Point, you'll find it on the south side of the road.

[synchronaut]

damn, snow really was pretty low this week. that's considerably lower and closer than the hansis forest, which was where i last encountered (califerrnian) snow.

[rantingranger]

HSU Environmental Science professor *Dick* Hansis forest?

He hails from my (nearly - I went to middle and high school there) native Eau Claire, Wisconsin, you and the Anonymous Notorious Jess both out to know.

[synchronaut]

aye - the same. he owns some acreage in the low trinity alps where he gets his sustainable forestry on.

he's an interesting character. i didn't know he was a wisconsin transplant.