It is still early for spring but Friday was a beautiful day and the wildflowers are coming out. Andy and I took a day off and went for a hike in Catalina State Park up the Sutherland trail.
The streams are really rushing and we had to ford them 4 times on the way up.
Thursday night we took Scott, Karin & Audrey to the U of A women's basketball game. As you can see Audrey had a great time and enjoyed getting to know Wilma. Unfortunately the Cats lost.
We are back for another week of skiing at Northstar. It was a perfect day today but as you can see by the clouds coming in we are expecting snow tonight and tomorrow morning. This is the view from the top of the mountain looking west toward the lake.
The trees at the top of the mountain are still loaded with snow from the last storm and are beautiful.
Thursday night we got the tail end of the storms that have been hitting California. At about 8pm we had a micro burst hit us with the resulting damage. This was one of my favorite trees because I looked at it from my second story office. We also a lot of roof damage and other broken tree limbs, but all in all we did fine. We will just have to plant another one.
We are spending the first week of the year skiing at Tahoe. You will notice that we have finally broken down and purchased helmets. We decided that we could not ask the grandkids to wear them if we were not. They are surprising comfortable and keep your ears warm.
As you can see this is a perfect week to be skiing. The weather is great and Andy took this picture at about 10am and the slopes are nearly empty.
What a blessing it is to have Mom at 95 to celebrate with us and great-granddaughter, Audrey. She has 7 great-grandchildren and one more on the way. Scott & Karin will have a little sister for Audrey next April.
