This is our sixth Christmas here! How can that be? It’s long enough to establish some holiday traditions. And one of my favorites is to ski with the dogs on Christmas afternoon. This year there is not enough snow to groom the trails at Big Valley so we went for a walk with dogs and friends instead.
Luna and Wyatt Ann are delighted to be out on the trail together again!
There goes Sky
Magnificent ponderosa pines
Juniper
Frosty Wonderland
Here comes Sky
And there goes Sky with Wyatt Ann right behind her
Methow River
Juniper was the only to get in the river
Cool stick
Down river
Frosty shapes coming out of the water
These plants were thriving under the ice
Along the trail
An enormous paper wasp nest leftover from summer
This should be a packed and groomed ski trail with a couple feet of snow and no grass showing through.
Wyatt Ann
Massive wheel line. Little dog.
Here she comes
And there she goes. Almost lift off!
What’s so funny?
I got a bone!
Ken left his pole back on the first part of the trail
Hey – wait for me
A boy and his dog
Here is an article about the economic impacts to our community in a low snow year.
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