Wednesday morning; the calm before the [alleged] Storm of the Century with only

scraps of snow from Monday’s and dry highways over Donner,

[Fun Fact: one of the Donner Survivors opened a restaurant once he reached Sacramento!]

Sierra Valley…

and east.

Sand Pass,

Wall awaiting [keep the truck?] but

barely below freezing the first night and wind,

though plenty of it, through the morning

which eventually became just wet enough to splatter.

Sometime during Thursday’s full-mooned night a little snow snuck in

from the west as trees attested.

Same thing Friday night; a little less, a little wetter, but better

than none.

The Peachleafs, always winter winners, then

again, come afternoon, mere mud.

Aggie and I made it to the chairs but didn’t linger as the day was winding down, as had the SOTC, which had done its…whatever.

Lots of snow downrange and elsewhere [the roof of the City Hall was rumored to have caved in in Rossland, BC] as well as copious rains reported in the lowlands beyond the mountains but

for us Sunday was a mere dusting soon done and really

more like a frost.

All along Inventory continued into the Radar Years with

breaks

for infrequent trains

Monday drier yet

making for a happy burnday

and the last of the RR Paintings documented.

A saga.  Maybe I’ll put up a random selection, subsequently.

1990 construction, 1991-1995…studio at Radar,

then here…now here.

The Jupiter, one of the two trees on this land when we came, prevails

as do, Destination on a last afternoon, the chairs…

 

M