So I return from visiting dad in Florida expecting to do little hiking and what do I find. Another powder day.
Unfortunately even Alpine has shut down for the season, even though it only has to run Summit Six to provide a decent value for would-be Memorial Day weekend skiiers.
There I was about to toss my Squaw pass after their announced closure and in comes a very windy storm to dump some more pow. So Squaw will keep KT running until May 9 and Alpine will run at least Summit Six for several more weekends. Surprisingly the power never flickered once though [...]
At first glance the trailer for “Hot Tub Time Machine” looked promising. But come on now, those “Day-Glo”ski fashions are from 1975, NOT 1985!
This is what MY crowd was wearing circa 1985 in Tahoe:
Click on the thumbnails for a larger image. Do note the lack of helmets and the oversize Ray-Ban/Vuarnet sunglasses.
According to this Sierra Sun article the railroad isn’t convinced of a pedestrian tunnels feasibility at the Mousehole. Fear is construction could cause the tracks to sag. Funny, here’s a similar pedestrian tunnel under the UP tracks in Davis, which seems to have been built after the railway embankment:
It seems to me [...]
ORIGINAL TAHOE DONNER HOA RULES DISCOVERED
Burrowing around in the E Clampus Vitus, archives I uncovered an early version of the Tahoe Donner CC&Rs:
Architectural Standards
In the interests of maintaining esthetic harmony and property values all structures except stills, slaughterhouses, smokehouses, chicken coops, cattle barns, horse stables, pigsties and outhouses shall be constructed of sugar [...]
