...of My Mountain, anyway!
Now that the drama of the past week fades into memory-land, I finally find a few minutes to catch up.
First of all you can't catch up on sleep. The sleep account must be paid in full...every day. So I broke that Golden Rule into a thousand pieces to start my season.
Waking up Wednesday morning at 05:30, I felt like an eight year old on Christmas Morning! Finishing the last of my chores at the Ancestral Digs, packing my truck to move uphill, and driving across the Big Valley in time to unload into the garage, shower and change clothes, and roar back up to the Mountain for my Graveyard Shift.
No rest for the Wicked, I saddled up and headed out for a look-see at Nature's Handiwork. My guys said the whole 32+ inches of champagne powder that fell during the Pearl Harbor Day Storm, packed out to about eight inches. Coverage is good for mid-December, which is to say it's still thin.
After a good night on the Mountain, I wasn't done with my obligations just yet. I picked up a bin of mail and magazines from the Post Office, dumped them in the DaveCave and motored east to Reno for my Annual Haircut.
It's always nice to catch up with my stylist. We've known each other for 25+ years, and she always gives me the best haircut! Only two people in my whole life knew how to cut my hair, so I keep Carina's number on my phone. I always love getting these haircuts, my thick curly hair hitting the salon floor always gets plenty of comment from the Blue Hairs in the peanut gallery! My own little 15 minutes once every fall.
Properly coiffed, I hit the Supermarket and replenished Chez DaveCave's larder, and pointed the DaveMobile towards home. Making a scary a drive home, trying desperately to keep my eyes open, time wasn't moving forward enough for my needs. I made it home without incident, and became reacquainted with my pillow...ahhh. I hadn't slept for almost 33 hours. I was vibrating from the fatigue.
What's that voice coming from my trusty GE Super Radio tonight? It's Art Bell sitting in on his old show, all the way from the Philippines! I'm going to enjoy tonight's shift! I'll load the iPod just in case it becomes a Remote Viewing Show! Off to work now...woopie!
Friday, December 18, 2009
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
At Last!
Tonight's the night! I climb back into my BR350 Groomer and finally get busy! Oh, I've got to pack up the truck, sort out the garage at the Ancestral Digs, and cross the Big Valley before I try to get some sack time this afternoon.
Good luck on that one, I'm just like an 8 year old on Christmas Eve before my first shift of the season! Every day can be like Christmas Morning when you love your job! I can't wait to get out on those feet of new snow!
I'll keep this short this morning, because tonight begins another season, and I'm sure another bunch of stories to tell.
Good luck on that one, I'm just like an 8 year old on Christmas Eve before my first shift of the season! Every day can be like Christmas Morning when you love your job! I can't wait to get out on those feet of new snow!
I'll keep this short this morning, because tonight begins another season, and I'm sure another bunch of stories to tell.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Outside Lookin' In
Saturday Night
It's pouring rain here in the Inland Valley. I'm tied up here thru Monday while up in the High Sierra, Mother Nature is thrashing ski country Big Time. Interstate 80 Closed an hour and a half ago. 23:20. The view from the webcams shows it piling high...and fast enough to notice, given that a watched pot doesn't boil.
Before the closure, chains were required from Drum to the NV state line. The Reno NWS guys were almost marveling in their 9:18 ADF:
THE CONVECTIVE NATURE OF THE PRECIPITATION HAS PRODUCED HEAVY SNOWFALL AT TIMES THIS EVENING. FOUR INCHES OF SNOW HAD FALLEN BY 8 PM IN NORTHWEST RENO SINCE LATE MORNING WHILE 5 INCHES HAD FALLEN AT THE NWS OFFICE IN NORTH RENO DURING THAT TIME. CAUGHLIN RANCH CHECKED IN MOMENTS AGO WITH JUST UNDER 6 INCHES OF SNOW SINCE 4 PM TODAY. AS REPORTS COME IN SUNDAY MORNING THERE WILL CERTAINLY BE HIGHER AND LOWER AMOUNTS REPORTED.
Sunday Morning
The Interstate has reopened, the snowfall has tapered off a bit, and viewers of Channel 31's "Good Day Sacramento" are sending in photos and reports of snow down to 3600ft. Between goofy Christmas Stories, GDS is showing CalTrans webcams from around the Sierra, all which feature the Winter Wonderland View of cars seemingly moving in Slow Motion.
The forecast looks good for snow most of the week! I'll get my licks in...now back to my loose ends!
It's pouring rain here in the Inland Valley. I'm tied up here thru Monday while up in the High Sierra, Mother Nature is thrashing ski country Big Time. Interstate 80 Closed an hour and a half ago. 23:20. The view from the webcams shows it piling high...and fast enough to notice, given that a watched pot doesn't boil.
Before the closure, chains were required from Drum to the NV state line. The Reno NWS guys were almost marveling in their 9:18 ADF:
THE CONVECTIVE NATURE OF THE PRECIPITATION HAS PRODUCED HEAVY SNOWFALL AT TIMES THIS EVENING. FOUR INCHES OF SNOW HAD FALLEN BY 8 PM IN NORTHWEST RENO SINCE LATE MORNING WHILE 5 INCHES HAD FALLEN AT THE NWS OFFICE IN NORTH RENO DURING THAT TIME. CAUGHLIN RANCH CHECKED IN MOMENTS AGO WITH JUST UNDER 6 INCHES OF SNOW SINCE 4 PM TODAY. AS REPORTS COME IN SUNDAY MORNING THERE WILL CERTAINLY BE HIGHER AND LOWER AMOUNTS REPORTED.
Sunday Morning
The Interstate has reopened, the snowfall has tapered off a bit, and viewers of Channel 31's "Good Day Sacramento" are sending in photos and reports of snow down to 3600ft. Between goofy Christmas Stories, GDS is showing CalTrans webcams from around the Sierra, all which feature the Winter Wonderland View of cars seemingly moving in Slow Motion.
The forecast looks good for snow most of the week! I'll get my licks in...now back to my loose ends!
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