A "PERFECT RAIN"...

The perfect day (or days) for a rain would have to be a steady rain on Friday night and to awaken to the sights and sound of rain on Saturday morning.

I have always looked forward to a day, a night, and a morning aforementioned.

Well, it finally happened.

It has been raining here (intermittently) for five six days in a row for a total of 1.61 inches of the badly needed precip. It isn't a ding in the drought conditions.

This is good for the miner's lettuce! Love this time of year when they shoot up from the ground.

The foothills are slowly surrendering their tan for some green. Some of the local mountains are capped in white. The air quality has greatly improved in the valley. I can see those mountains from my office window.

Good news is that Badger Pass is officially open to skiing and snowshoeing! Time to dust off those cobwebs on the snowshoes and....


HAVE FUN!!!