Lots of friends on FB complain when their weather is cold and damp, rainy, snowy and grey. That is Exactly what we have in Tahoe this morning and guess what? Dean is doing the snow dance and wandering around the house singing, “it’s snowing, it’s snowing” and chuckling to himself. There is great joy on the mountain this morning as a 24-hour hard rain turned to snow and shows signs of staying around for a while.
I have written before that we need the snow - our economy depends on it. “The Economy” becomes very personal when we think of our young friends who run the cross-country ski area. Unlike the big resorts, they don’t make snow. We were visiting with the owner of our favorite Mexican food restaurant the other day. He had done 50% less business on the Saturday of the MLK long weekend. The time between Christmas and New Years was down like that too. He will make it because he has lots of local support - we locals eat even when there is no snow. And ~ “the economy” is personal.
So today there is joy all around the lake. Let it stay grey and snowy for a while. That is good weather for us and we are grateful.
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