A few shots from the past 10 days...

Brother Beej came to town for some boarding and to chime in his 30th year alive on planet
Earth. The first weekend day was spent out in the snow covered high desert where we sent
a little lead down range.

 

White Stuff

So we got a decent winter storm here.  Nothing too crazy but lots of snow nonetheless.

Back yard facing S. East

More sallies on Jan 1

For the first day of the year, we returned to Russian Gulch for some more hiking and
salamandering.  No more Coastal Giants were turned up, but so many slenders and
Ensatinas I lost count!

Hoves on the sand...

After returning from Russian Gulch, we took CeCe for a walk down to the water.

A perfect end to a surprisingly good year...

On Monday, Linda had to work a little, so I took off by myself to a State Park nearby.
I have loved herps since I was a child, and in all of my 33 years I have never seen
a salamander in the wild....until I started hiking in Russian Gulch State Park.  Within
the first ten minutes, I flipped some rotten bark and found my first sallie.  Wow.  A Coastal
Giant!  I couldn't ask for more...but more I got!

Anderson Valley

On Sunday we were picked up by Daniel...

Mendocino & Ft Bragg

So for New Years we went over the hill again, but this time we drove an extra 3 hours to the
Mendocino coast.  It was very rainy and misty when we arrived.