Tahoe take 2

We had a fantastic week in Tahoe! skiing, show shoeing, hiking with the pups & great company! What more could you ask for!

One day we loaded up and went snow shoeing! The pups had a BLAST!! and were tuckered out the whole next day still! Here they are anxiously waiting to be let out of the car!Even me and my big belly made it up the mountain at 9,000 ft no less!The views were great!But it was SO cold and windy the guys started to dig a shelter! Ned and Emma were just as cold and were in there helping!just about the time they were done they realized it was really only big enough for one person in each... and Trine & I had had enough and were ready to head down anyway.... While they were out skiing every day I took the menagerie of canine out for hikes. I found a great trail though the woods that they could explore where I wasn't too worried about running into other people!They had a great time wrestling with each other all week!and playing with snow balls!and most definitely curling up by the fire at night... as we all did!Drinks in the hot tub were standard practice in the evenings.... too bad I couldn't join in for either!There are a TON of skiing pictures... but I'm determined to get Alex more involved with this blog so I'm going to see if I can make him post them!

The start of our 2010 Tahoe adventures...

We started out the winter ski season with a 12 hour drive to Lake Tahoe. Now this drive is only supposed to take 7-8 hours, but we got stuck in some major traffic going through Donner Pass. Turned out that since they got so much snow dumped on them the week prior- EVERYONE was making the drive out there.
We spent the weekend with some Coastie friends from here that had been down there all week. It worked out well for me to get a weekend out of the house. Alex was going to be driving down to start his week with Bobby and the Wolfes and Richards were heading back on Sunday. So I kept Alex company on what turned out to be a ridiculous drive- and then hitched a ride with Val and Tyson on Sunday. Tyson made his own shot-ski for fun festivities!

The rest of the pictures are from Bobby & Alex... I'll see if I can get him to sit down and write about the week. But for now the pictures will have to do!

Shavin' the mutt

Every couple months or so we give Hanna a haircut. It cuts down on the fur balls that fly through the house as well as (we think at least) keep her more comfortable- seeing as how she is ALWAYS panting! This time in particular we also did it because we will be heading to Tahoe with them for a week and since she is the weirdo that she is likes to lay down and roll around in the snow- which then accumulates in big ice balls on her long fur- it's much easier on us to clean her off with short hair.
Ned of course could not be without attention- it was cold out in the garage and I don't think he really liked being out there- but the possibility of us sneaking out and leaving him behind was too great for him to go and snuggle in his bed.

some time out witht he pups

This past weekend we took the pups out twice! Usually not uncommon but we have been super busy lately! On Saturday we went up to College Cove Beach. It seems our typical Humboldt winter has finally started to set in.... it was foggy, drizzly & muddy! Which can make for just as pretty pictures as good weather. The waves were pretty decent and there were a ton of surfers out there!
Sunday we futzed around the house most of the day... but managed to make some time for a walk in the slough. It was again... foggy and moist!
Banana slugs out in force!

Eureka made the National News!

Even though most newscasters had no idea where Eureka actually is- they sure were talking about our earthquake the other day! The 6.5 magnitude earthquake hit Humboldt County just before 4:30pm Saturday evening. We had been up at the air station, Alex was using the machine shop to mount some new ski's he had bought. I had just ran down to Safeway to grab a few things when it hit! It was pretty intense, everyone was freaking out and started running outside! There were things falling off the shelves and the light posts outside were swaying back and forth! Alex said that he could hear the beams and hanger door creaking and saw all the cars in the parking lot bouncing up and down on their shocks! The radio was saying that most people were without power, but the air station was fine. And by the time we had gotten home our power was back on too. We had minimal damage at the house, a bunch of stuff fell off of shelves but only a few actually broke. We were worried about the large mirror we have hanging above the stairs, but it survived!

Here are some vidoe's and photos people have taken in the area....





Times Standard photo gallery

Humboldt Soccer League Tournament

The soccer league we play in held it's first tournament the first weekend of the year. It was 2 days of non-stop soccer! There were 2 divisions with 4 teams in each... we did not make it to the finals but they had a good time playing!
The pups started out watching from the bleachers....But were quickly scooped up by the kids! A great way to entertain both parties!Our team was all Coasties called "Super Groupers" and they made T-shirts that claimed them as the '09 tournament champs... even though no tournament existed in 2009. Caught a few people off guard!

Home for the Holidays!

We got to go back to Pennsylvania for Christmas this year! And it was a white Christmas at that! Alex had some trouble with flights and the snow storm.... but eventually made it home. His delay wasn't all bad, he got an impromptu visit with Brian & Petra! While home I took a few days and went out to see Charlotte & Brendan's new place and then over to Staten Island for a visit with the Hollopeters & Reeds! We also got to see Mike & Melissa's new house, and visit with Dave before he left for Florida for the rest of winter! Our time flew by so quickly- we're grateful for the folks we got to see and hope to see the ones we missed next time we're back!