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I first moved to a small mountain town in the California Sierra twenty years ago. I had wanted to work at a ski resort. So I packed up all my belongings while living in the suburbs of Washington, DC and moved to Mammoth Lakes, California. One of the most challenging…
Continue readingBy 7:15 a.m., the line of cars along Ridge Road extended almost as far as the intersection with the Peak to Peak Highway. Pick-up trucks loaded high with mattresses, construction materials, even old bicycles. SUVs hauling trailers loaded with colossal television sets, refrigerators and tires. Even U-haul rented trucks stacked…
Continue readingWaking up. Leaves unfurling, flowers blooming, streams gushing. Spring in the mountains reminds me that nature is coming back to life. But for certain wildlife, it literally is a time of waking up. As I saw a picture the other day of a bear walking through someone’s backyard, it brought this point…
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