Local Snow

Mount Ena, my favorite local mountain and the friendly and benevolent overseer of our town. This view was taken about a month ago, right after a snowstorm deposited a nice thick blanket up there. Lately there hasn't been much snow, though. It's been another unseasonably warm winter around these parts, though of course it's still plenty to make a SoCal pansy like me cry mercy! I like sitting in the warm teachers' room and looking up at Mt. Ena. It's strange to be in a nice warm, dry environment and to look right up at the mountain where there's obviously a tempest raging. How weird to have two completely different environments so close to each other.

This weekend, it's off to Hakuba in the Japanese Alps for some serious skiing. I think there will be more than enough snow there!