Winter weekend

We have had a delightfully warm and dry winter, which is great if you want to get out and work in the garden, but not so great if you want to drink water next summer.  This weekend the high pressure moved out and the snow moved in, so instead of gardening and bicycling we had some winter fun.  We had a little snow at our house Thursday morning, but there was enough snow Friday morning to send Peter and Calvin to Mt Rose for first tracks.

Friday evening we went with friends to Truckee for dinner and then on to Northstar Village to view the snow sculptures.  The sculptures were fun, but not awe inspiring. And it was really cold, so we didn't stay long.  My favorite was the whale rider by the Yukon Canada team.

The sculptures were still works in progress.

A couple more

Saturday morning Calvin and I went to Mt Rose with the rest of the world for a few runs.  We actually had to wait in lines for the lift!  But the skiing was the best of the season (which is not high praise) so it was fun.  After Mt. Rose we met up with Peter and Roque for some ski touring/snow shoeing on the Tahoe Meadows.  Calvin and I bought new touring skis from a local ski store that is going out of business.  The skis are great on the flat, but not so great going up and down hill. But it looks like they will be a lot of fun.

At the lunch stop I traded skis for snowshoes with Roque and reaffirmed my belief that snowshoes are not speedy mode of winter transportation. And not all that fun.

So now that we have had winter, spring is more that welcome to arrive, as long as it brings a lot of rain with it.