Snowboarding at Bear Mountain

Weather is awesome! Southern California weather with Northern California conditions. Michelle and I are at Bear Mountain this week enjoying a winter wonderland with family and friends.

Tractor Power!

We called a contractor to move snow out of the driveways while we shoveled and snow blowed the walking paths.

Snow Blowing

Slow going even with a small blower!

Snowed Out!

After a torturous drive up the 38 yesterday, we arrived at the cabin needin to shovel our way in. Luckily we arrived later than the other two cars and the path was mostly done :-) Today we need to plow out the rest to get the cars out of the driveway.

Bird Watching

Testing out binoculars, Jim is giving the students a short tutorial. Today, we saw many species of wetland birds using the binoculars and a spotting scope.

Famosa Slough in the Afternoon

My afternoon class is now at the slough. The bird activity is just as great as it was in the morning.

Water Quality at Famosa Slough

David is showing us how to take measurement in the slough's runoff treatment ponds. We are taking measurements in temperature, disolved oxygen, salinity, and pH.

Famosa Slough

We're on a field trip today to introduce studentd to our local wetland, Famosa Slough.