Thanks Zoe, in 40 years here I have never seen this little snow cause so much destruction. Very high moisture content and NO wind. Scenes like this
are everywhere.
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
We are having the same kind of weather as Perry (Vgabndo), here in Nevada County, Ca, on the west face of the Sierras. The Oak and Pines are heavily
laden with snow. Trees falling everywhere. Branches snapping. Huge, heavy clumps of snow dropping. It has turned very cold again and the snow on the
ground and in the trees have turned to ice. Dangerous for walking or driving.
This morning we had power restored after being out for 24 hours. Everything that was in the freezer was transferred to my Coleman Ice Chest and I
packed it with snow. I lit candles, stoked the woodstove, shoveled two ft. of snow off my rear deck and BBQ Grill. Fired up the BBQ in driving snow
and pretended it was the Fourth of July. I cooked a N.Y. Steak, heated up some beans, made a salad, heated up some corn bread I made earlier this
week, and popped a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon. I sent my sled dog, Paco, out to find a keg of brandy and he returned, proudly, with only a tennis
ball that he had buried in the snow. He thinks that merited a cookie, so I caved and gave him one.
The hard part is that I have to dig a long, uphill trench in the snow in order to get a wheelbarrow full of firewood to the house. That takes awhile
and requires a lot of strength and sweat, not to mention the boots slipping and me doing several face plants in the snow.
I am a month late leaving for Mulege; those pesky doctors and their prodding, pricking and poking...an optimist would say I am getting my money's
worth.
Now it looks like Mother Nature will keep me from traveling for a few weeks, given the alarming weather reports. I am hoping that at 3600' we do not
become the new Pacific Ocean shoreline.
The BajaNomad is the best source for timely Baja news. Thank you all for your reports. It really helps so that we don't find ourselves in the middle
of nowhere, going nowhere and being part of the problem.
I will periodically report from here. Stay dry and safe, everyone!
Gosh perry...glad you and yours are safe and sound..wish you were here hermano. Lobster boats are setting out today..seas are still huge but wind is
down.
I caught a beaut of a cold, and so am delayed in our attempt at the Baja Road. Come hell or 'more' high water we will strike out sometime soon.
There are fish to be caught, Pacificos to be bought, and Zulemas to be sought.
Although, from the reports on Nomads and other Baja sites, it sounds like waiting for a few days would be best. Unlike the Dodge, the Southwind is
NOT 4WD. Plus, I can try ALL my hot brandy remedies.
We will be towing a boat, so that opens other possibilities to adventure....
"If it were lush and rich, one could understand the pull, but it is fierce and hostile and sullen.
The stone mountains pile up to the sky and there is little fresh water. But we know we must go back
if we live, and we don't know why." - Steinbeck, Log from the Sea of Cortez
"People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care." - Theodore Roosevelt
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cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you." - Jim Rohn
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Now it looks like Mother Nature will keep me from traveling for a few weeks, given the alarming weather reports. I am hoping that at 3600' we do not
become the new Pacific Ocean shoreline. 
