After a wet and stormy winter, spring has finally arrived. The PLUM TREE will be in full blossom this weekend. The fishermen have arrived for the opening day of fishing season. The Housekeepers at the Resort have begun SPRING CLEANING and soon the two feet of snow in the bottom of the swimming pool will be melted so we can begin the Spring Cleaning, painting, and filling of the pool. OPENING is planned for the third week of JUNE, much later than normal but how often do we get such a bountiful winter in the SNOW Department?!
The Real Estate Listings are popping up (but I could always help you with another one! Be sure and call 209.770.3168 the phone that rings in my pocket unless I am in church or a doctor's office!), the fallen trees are being cut into firewood, the tulips in Twain Harte are even blooming after the fantastic show of daffodils thanks to the "Twain Harte Garden Club."
Dodge Ridge - dodgeridge.com - had their last ski day on Easter Sunday, as did Leland High Sierra Snow Play - snowplay.com - though there is definately still plenty of snow in those areas. The visitors just were no longer interested - other activities on their schedules.
The eighth graders are talking year-end trips; graduation dresses are being purchased in between ball games and taking the infamous STAR tests required by the State of CA, or possibly the Federal Government. (Who invited them into the education of our children and grandchildren?) Follow the money just like every OTHER aspect of our lives in this great Republic!! Oh well, not everything can be PERFECT on such a glorious Spring Day! Halleluia!
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Saturday, April 23, 2011
HAPPY EASTER!!
The Easter Bunny had better wear his rain slicker! Scattered showers today and tomorrow and into Monday! April showers bring May flowers, but in the high country the snow will have to melt FIRST! We still have hills of snow where it slides off the metal roof of the cabins in the Resort. ROADS ARE CLEAR though, so a SPRING drive to the nearby mountains is a possibility. The road to Beardsley Reservoir is open. The gate on 108 has been moved to Eagle Meadows Road and I saw the CalTrans snowblower being taken up 108 to start on the annual clearing of the highway above the closure point!!
CalTrans usually TRIES to get the hiway opened to Kennedy Meadows by the opening of fishing season, but that is a week from today!? It will depend on the amount of debris on the roadway, especially on the grade between the Vista Point and the Clark Fork turnoff! Land slides slow them down; land slides don't go through the blower without creating damage!! Those CalTrans guys really worked hard this winter and all of us appreciate their efforts.
I still have a problem with the fence on the new bridge railings over the So Fork of the Stanislaus; the rails are ugly when visible and are effectively a snow fence in the winter. One local saw a mother hoisting her toddler up on the snow so that he "could see the river" not aware that there was only a railing under that snow - a railing which a toddler could easily fall through!!
I have a BIGGER problem since the inspector told me that they were retrofitting ALL the bridges over rivers in the State with these "bicyclist protection" railings! Wouldn't a couple of signs saying "bicyclists walk your bikes across the bridge" be cheaper and about as efficient without creating the illusion of safety when covered in snow!!?
The WORLD has gone insane and the STATE of California is a leader in the epidemic!
MARANATHA!!
CalTrans usually TRIES to get the hiway opened to Kennedy Meadows by the opening of fishing season, but that is a week from today!? It will depend on the amount of debris on the roadway, especially on the grade between the Vista Point and the Clark Fork turnoff! Land slides slow them down; land slides don't go through the blower without creating damage!! Those CalTrans guys really worked hard this winter and all of us appreciate their efforts.
I still have a problem with the fence on the new bridge railings over the So Fork of the Stanislaus; the rails are ugly when visible and are effectively a snow fence in the winter. One local saw a mother hoisting her toddler up on the snow so that he "could see the river" not aware that there was only a railing under that snow - a railing which a toddler could easily fall through!!
I have a BIGGER problem since the inspector told me that they were retrofitting ALL the bridges over rivers in the State with these "bicyclist protection" railings! Wouldn't a couple of signs saying "bicyclists walk your bikes across the bridge" be cheaper and about as efficient without creating the illusion of safety when covered in snow!!?
The WORLD has gone insane and the STATE of California is a leader in the epidemic!
MARANATHA!!
Sunday, April 3, 2011
SPRING is HERE!
Dodge Ridge is still open for skiing; Leland Snow Play is still open for tubing; the Rivers Resort is offering MID WEEK RATES for the month of April. Ignore those Spring flowers and the whole gardening scene and get in some more SNOW PLAY! We won't have this much snow for another thirty YEARS!
The roads are clear; no chains required just now. Take advantage and get "away from it all!" Relax, play and enjoy the snow! You won't regret time spent with your family. No one ever says on their death bed "I wish that I had spent more time at the OFFICE!"
I had an interesting exchange with our son regarding some elderly friends - "Oh! they are playing the 'you first,' 'no, you first' like people do at a doorway! " in regard to dying! It made me think...maybe that is what death is - A DOORWAY! So before you hit that "doorway" enjoy your family time at The Rivers Resort in beautiful Strawberry.
AND, if you want to MOVE to the lovely and varied Tuolumne County - I am the Realtor to help you find YOUR PLACE. I have lived in this area for thirty-two years, I know my way around! Call me at 1800.514.6777 and we will get to work for you, making the transition to 'paradise on earth' - good schools, no smog, smaller crowds to deal with!!
The roads are clear; no chains required just now. Take advantage and get "away from it all!" Relax, play and enjoy the snow! You won't regret time spent with your family. No one ever says on their death bed "I wish that I had spent more time at the OFFICE!"
I had an interesting exchange with our son regarding some elderly friends - "Oh! they are playing the 'you first,' 'no, you first' like people do at a doorway! " in regard to dying! It made me think...maybe that is what death is - A DOORWAY! So before you hit that "doorway" enjoy your family time at The Rivers Resort in beautiful Strawberry.
AND, if you want to MOVE to the lovely and varied Tuolumne County - I am the Realtor to help you find YOUR PLACE. I have lived in this area for thirty-two years, I know my way around! Call me at 1800.514.6777 and we will get to work for you, making the transition to 'paradise on earth' - good schools, no smog, smaller crowds to deal with!!
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