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I don't know why, I presumed you only had one more overnight stop before Sonora. If Carson is a definite stop then Ely would add 80 to 90 mins of travel time, but Hey ! What's the hurry, you gotta an extra night. lol.
Worth waiting for!
The steak is outstanding at Jail Cell! -- If you can do it -- I highly recommend staying at the Old Nevada Hotel -- it really is a cool place.
Mark
....and on !
With no end in sight another re-cap.
Jan 6 @ Noon......Mark Sedenquist.
Jan 13 @ 4pm .......glc
Jan 17 @ 3pm........CAnative
Jan 20 @ 4pm......Southwest Dave.
Jan 22 @ Noon......Utahtea
Jan 27 @ Noon.....Mark Sedenquist
Feb 8 @ Noon.......CAnative.
This is well into unknown territory, having gone well passed the latest recorded opening on record.
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I just made it into Ely. I'm at the Main Motel - the hotel may be cool but I prefer motels where I can park right in front of my door! I've stayed here before and I've eaten at the Jail Cell too.
This weather all the way across has been unreal - unseasonably warm, dry, and sunny. It's 53 degrees in Ely and it's almost 5pm, the sun is behind the mountain. However, it's supposed to snow tomorrow night here! There is absolutely NOTHING in the forecast for the Sierras for the next 10 days. That doesn't bode well for the water supply out there this coming summer.
Are you allowing two guesses per person or are these for their spouses?Originally Posted by Southwest Dave
If so, I'll pick Feb. 6th @ Noon for my DH ;)
Feb 6, 1976 it snowed in the San Francisco Bay Area and a couple of inches stuck to the ground. Then it snowed again 13 years to the day but didn't stick.
Utahtea
I've concluded it's all my fault
I asked for a weather station for Christmas, one with a wind and a rain gauge.
Since I expressed that desire (and installed the one Santa brought me); no rain, and next to no wind.
Must be me.
With that, I'm going to select March 21, 2012 (3:21pm) as my next guess. That should put it far enough out that my weather station will be out of warrantee if it turns out the rain gauge doesn't work.
Meanwhile, where did I put those bricks that used to sit in the toilet tanks?
I can relate to that.
For almost a decade, during the long drought which ended two years ago, it was almost mandatory. But I know where mine are... waiting for the next drought.
Lifey
March -- Lions and Tigers, Oh my!
Bricks in the toilet is only a precursor. Since I'm spending a good deal of time in Los Angeles at the moment, I'm pretty appalled with the complete lack of water conservation on the part of the people who live here. In Las Vegas, we've been on mandatory water rationing for over a decade. About 95% of the water that is wasted here by local Angelenos is piped here from Nevada and northern California.
March 21st eh? Wow, I wonder if we ever had a year where it never closed?
Mark
I was wondering the same thing about the pass not closing.
If we're picking March Dates I want March 8 at Noon. ;)
Utahtea
{edited - thanks Lifey for the reminder....PS...your in box is full so I couldn't send you a private message)
Last edited by Utahtea; 01-06-2012 at 11:45 AM.
Snowpack
This is part of a press release I just received....
According to the California Department of Water Resources, a snow survey on Jan. 3, 2012, suggests one of the lowest mountain snowpacks on record for the date.
The statewide snowpack's water content was found to be 19 percent of the Jan. 3 average and only 7 percent of the average April 1 average. The snowpack is usually at its peak early in April before melting in the spring.
Mountain snow that melts in the spring and summer accounts for about 1/3 of the water for California's households, farms and industries reported the California DWR.
The good news, is that last year's snowpack was extra heavy and so the prospects for a healthy water table from previous year's precipitation is still OK.
While snowfall amounts have been well below normal this season across the Sierra to the mountains of Utah, snow amounts were above normal across this same area last winter.
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