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Mar 18, 20231 min read
Spring Can't Come Soon Enough
After returning from the extended power outage, we got enough rain to melt the snow and free the Prius. Within a few days, the turkeys...
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Mar 1, 20232 min read
Once-in-a-Generation Weather
We left Camp Cougar on December 28 and returned on February 17, after more than a month in Antarctica and two and a half weeks in New...
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Aug 25, 20201 min read
Bathed in Smoke
It was 10:00 PM, a week ago today, that the phone rang with a recorded message tell us to evacuate. The thunder and -->
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Jun 9, 20171 min read
Mist in the Morning
We don't typically get foggy days in the summer. →
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Apr 7, 20171 min read
Rain, Hail, and Snow
This is an unusual April so far. Today it rained, hailed, and snowed. The temperature in the evening dropped to →
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Mar 5, 20171 min read
Snow in March
In the ten years we've been here, this is the first time we've had snow in March. It has been hailing, sleeting, and snowing off and on...
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Feb 25, 20171 min read
We Return and So Does the Power
We returned home today to a cold house—40 degrees F. The power was still out, which was partially good news. The contents of →
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Feb 21, 20172 min read
Evacuation!
The power was still not on when we woke up this morning. We checked the road conditions and found out that Black Road was closed due to →
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Feb 20, 20171 min read
Lot of Rain and No Power
Rain, rain, rain. Living on a ridge, most of the rain has been rolling off the roof, onto the ground, into temporary rivulets, into →
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Feb 18, 20171 min read
No More Northern Routds
Skyline Blvd. collapsed last week about two miles north of us. The chasm is supposed to be 150 or more feet wide and up to one-quarter of →
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Jan 23, 20171 min read
Stormy Weather Update
Today we had rain, snow, sleet, and hail. What fun! Everything is quite green. One of the roads up the →
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Jan 22, 20171 min read
Rain, Rain, Rain
It has been raining for days, with more to come. One tree toppled near the lower road and our "creeks" are →
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Jan 7, 20171 min read
Headwaters of Shear Creek
If you look up our property on a map program, scroll down just a bit and you’ll see Shear Creek. It sits in a deep ravine just →
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Dec 31, 20161 min read
First Snow on the Last Day of the Year
It started snowing briefly around 8:00 AM today, just →
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Jul 28, 20161 min read
The Heat Continues
The heat continues! We set up a screen outdoors and watched a →
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Jul 27, 20161 min read
Foxes Leave a Present
This morning two foxes walked from under the porch and then hopped up onto it. We suspect one →
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Jul 26, 20161 min read
The Heat Continues
It was 81 degrees F at 5:00 AM today but at Rancho San Antonio at →
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Jul 25, 20161 min read
Inversion
It was 79 degrees F at 5:00 AM today. But when I arrived in the valley at →
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