For years we have roamed various forests in quest of the perfect tree. We brought back pinon pines on our first few trips. Then we discovered the forests around Frenchman's Lake and brought back fir trees. This was a good location for trees, but a long drive for us. The last couple of years we have harvested trees from Dog Valley without great results. This year we discovered trees can be harvested from the LakeTahoe Basin management area. There were several locations around the lake but we chose a short drive up the Mt. Rose highway. The road was dry, the pull out clear of snow and it was right off the highway. We needed snow shoes to hike into the trees, but it was a spectacular location. We also say every year that we don't need to get such a giant tree for just the two of us, but somehow we always manage to bring home a tall tree. This year was no exception. Sometimes the trees don't look quite as big in the forest, but this one looked pretty big.
Tree chopping in snowshoes adds an extra dimension of difficulty, but Calvin is a true woodsman and had the tree down in no time.
And with a lot of help from Peter they managed to drag it back down to the car, but not before we took trophy photos.
A gorgeous location.
I'm sure that we didn't give Peter as much help as he gave us. It is a joy to have adult children.
They managed to get a slightly more reasonably sized tree.
And a we took a group photo to add to the Christmas tree chopping book.
I truly enjoy the tree covered with lights. It brings brightness into the long winter days.
Such a good tradition.
That's a lot of lights! What a fantastic location!
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