Snow Pictures From My Deck

My house is located in Cascade Shores, outside of Nevada City.  I’ve used a GPS and the elevation of the house is 3,700 feet.  On a clear day, you can see Scotts Flat Lake.  On a very clear day, you can see the Coast Range Mountains, but there aren’t too many days when that happens. [...]

Scotts Flat Lake Winter 2009

There was a nice blanket of snow which fell last night at my house. I would guess that there was a little over one foot of snow which made everything outside look like a winter wonder land. My house is located in Cascade Shores about 11 miles from Nevada City and at an elevation of [...]

Stuck on Highway 49

Today I took my Prius down the mountain instead of my trusty four wheel drive chevy. With all the snow on the ground and having lived in Nevada County since the miners founded this area, I should know better. But driving slowly and carefully I made it to my office. Having to go to Loomis [...]

Fun Weather!

Thursday started off in Grass Valley and Nevada City with a beautiful Hollywood-set snowstorm. I Of course, as with most snowstorms around here, the next day dawned with a small amount of snow remaining in town, soon to be washed away by further rain. It’s always a bit amusing to watch people drive in the [...]

February Rainstorm

Yesterday, a welcome rain after a dry January filled the creeks. This photo is of Wolf Creek rushing by the Northstar Mining Museum in Grass Valley. Taken here This blog by Richard Webster Twitter This Usuario: Password: