LAKE ALMANOR, January 2008

I just returned from Lake Almanor where we (my sister and bro-in-law) spent a lot of time watching snow fall and taking photos of the beautiful scenery. As you'll see from the pics, there was a lot of snow which in itself is unusual ... the area (in Plumas County, CA) doesn't normally receive this much snow at all.



This is a view from the house .. the white area is sandy beach .. the last day we were there, the lake was covered in snow .. there's a pic of that later on.



This is one of the smaller rivers in the area .. not to be confused with the creeks meandering throughout.



Here's another small river (or large creek) .. what an exceptionally beautiful area it's in.






This is taken from the upper floor of the house .. the white area is snow ON the lake itself.






Another photo of the snow-covered lake ... it actually looks like a large pasture covered in snow. The ducks were confined to the small pools of water dotted around the lake.





This was taken from the car on the way home .. I took lots of photos so, hopefully, one will be used for this year's Christmas card.



We had to stop by this snow bank for pics. I'm there so you can see the height of the bank.



Just off I-5 near Woodland, there are a few protected wetland areas. In the winter, Snow Geese in the thousands come down from northern Canada to escape the harsh weather and they don't return until Spring. This is just one of the areas we stopped by. The birds in flight are mallards ... there were also several other species of waterfowl, but none as spectacular as the Snow Geese.