Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 8th, 2009 No Comments »
Truckee: Truckee River Regional Park
10500 Brockway Road off Highway 267
Tuesdays, 8 am – 1 pm, June 9th – October 13th
Kings Beach: Kings Beach SRA
Highway 28 at Bear Street
Tuesdays, 9 am – 1 pm, June 9th –September 1st
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 18th, 2009 3 Comments »
Squaw Valley USA pass prices for the 2009-2010 season have been slashed by $1,000 in honor of the 60th anniversary of the resort’s founding and the 50th anniversary of Squaw Valley hosting the 1960 Winter Olympics.
Coined the “50/60 Pass,” the drastically reduced season pass goes on sale March 20.
The 50/60 celebration kicks off opening day, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 30th, 2008 No Comments »
Local Truckeeite Doug Stoup is leading a group of established mountaineers, ski guides, and general public from around the world on a ski exploration trip to Antarctica leaving today from Ushuaia, Argentina.
The group is boarding a 300 foot Russian Research vessel in Ushuaia, and sailing across Drake Passage, some of the roughest seas in the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 29th, 2008 No Comments »
Two agents in the same office…
Not only did Nancy celebrate her Birthday on Saturday, but Keri did as well. Keri and Nancy were born on the same day AND IN THE SAME HOSPITAL!!!!!!! Can anyone compute the probability of that happening?? Anyway, Happy Birthday to Keri.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 1st, 2008 4 Comments »
After over a week of cool, damp weather the sun stayed out all day long Saturday, blocked seldomly by some beautiful clouds moving through as well. This is not the best picture since it was taken from my phone, but shows some fresh snow over on Mt Rose and how green things have become with [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 18th, 2008 2 Comments »
Driving down to Donner Lake, my dogs perk up and get very anxious just as I cross I-80 heading West on Donner Pass Road. They know where we are headed. They start racing back and forth in the back of the truck. Anticipation. This weekend was our first trip of the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 14th, 2008 4 Comments »
I had an excuse to drive up to Serene Lakes this morning. What beauty! Driving down Old Highway 40 made me realize how fortunate we are to have the Pacific Crest, Donner Lake and all that makes this such a glorious place. One thing I did discover in my sojourn is that Caltrans is already [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 13th, 2008 1 Comment »
I have to say that one of my greatest joys, Colby Jitloff, spent the day with me on Sunday, and I did not show up at the office that day! I hope all the mothers and grandmothers out there were able to do the same. This little guy, Colby was born at [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 12th, 2008 20 Comments »
I have become quite enamored with the site lifehacker.com. It’s motto is pretty simple: Tech tricks, tips and downloads for getting things done. For those of you not as technically inclined, it might be a little overwhelming as many of the posts may seem a bit on the computer-geek side (Both PC and Mac are [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 17th, 2008 6 Comments »
Several agents in our office got a “better bottle” about a year ago and I quickly followed suit as I always feel dehydrated here in the Sierras. I quickly saw the appeal: something easy to drink out of that you didn’t have to twist the top off each time (and spill on yourself) [...]