Wacky Winter Weather - UPDATE

OK, it's now 8:15 in the morning and it is actually snowing even more. I wouldn't call it a blizzard at this point, but it sure is coming down hard. Of course I am speaking from experience as a ex-pat New Englander. The first photo is taken from across the street from our house and the other is our house; click an image to see a large version (remember: it's not blurry, it's a snow flurry).

Burr - Wacky Winter Weather Hits Highland

It's been a wacky winter weather week in Highland. On Monday and Tuesday we had record breaking heat with high January temperatures in the mid-80's. However, just like the old New England saying, "if you don't like the weather, wait a minute" this morning (Friday) the weather took a surprise turn.

In past years snow was able to fall to just below the 2,000 foot level, but never down to the valley floor. Imagine our surprise upon waking this morning to find SNOW at our house! OK, so it's not enough to shovel, but hey it is snow in Southern California. Here are some pictures.









The first image was taken at about 6:30 am while it was still rather dark outside, the camera's flash caught snowflakes falling. The middle image was taken about 30 minutes later. The final image is of our patio (note the snow is not sticking to the warmer concrete).

New Year's in Sacramento

The end of 2006 gave us an opportunity to spend the weekend visiting our friends, Rick & Eileen Teichert) in Sacramento. After a long drive on Friday we arrived in time to join them for dinner in Sacramento capped by a stop at the Hard Rock Cafe (for yet another collector's beer glass and Martini glass).

New Years Eve day found the family split between skiing at Heavenly Valley and wine tasting in Napa. Spencer went skiing with his uncle Rick while the rest of us pursued more sophisticated interests.

Here are a few photos of the skiing portion of the day.

Spencer hits the slopes.











Rick divides his day skiing between California & Nevada.








Roberta, Ethan, Sig & Eileen preview New Years Eve festivities by sampling sparkling white wines at the Domaine Carneros (by Taittiger) winery along with stops at a few other wineries. FYI, many wineries are closed on New Years Eve day :-(






Evening found all of us in Old Town Sacramento in the City's hospitality tent where we were able to watch fireworks over the river (here's a link to video of the Fireworks).

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(L to R, Brigit Leubbers, Eileen & Rick Teichert, Ethan & Roberta Dellhime)


( Ethan & Roberta)