Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! Since I could not snowboard on Christmas Day, i decided to go Christmas Eve [picture with my santa hat atop Highlands Bowl on Highlands Mt.]. my Christmas Day was spent volunteering for the Forest Service-its how i earn my housing for the winter. I along with a partner, happened to be Phil-our wildlife biologist, snowmobiled to the top of a mountain to check on a precipitation weather station the forest service maintains. Has to be checked every Tuesday as part of a nationwide study on precipitation... National Atmospheric Deposition Program. With the ~10 inches of new snow Christmas Eve night and Christmas Day, the snowmobiling was a bit difficult, but so much fun! After all the volunteering was finished, i headed home to relax for a bit before our big dinner party. Ham, potatoes, corn casserole, numerous dips as appetizers, rolls, salad, green beens, eggnog, wine, fudge, and pumpkin pie! all delicious. 10 friends were able to get together for the enjoyment. After dinner we all relaxed and let our food settle/digest as we watched Charlie Browns Christmas. My roomates and I believe our tree is a version of the Christmas branch... a slightly larger version. All in all a great holiday season thus far. Would be nice to be with family, but if not with family then in good company with great friends. May everyone have a wonderful holiday season and let the new year bring health & happiness.
everyone relaxing in anticipation of Charlie Brown
amazing view from the top of Highlands Bowl
