Looking out my backdoor

No tambourines or elephants.

Just snow.

Tom's on his way back home after over-nighting in Visalia. They are currently stopping cars at Lake Shasta requiring "Maximum Chains". How are "maximum chains" different from regular chains?

Siskiyou I5 NB at MP .2[

California I5 at Black Butte

Big Waves

Several people made videos of the tsunami in Crescent City last week.  Not to detract from the horror in Japan, I found the speed at which the tide advanced intriguing and somehow mesmerizing.  It is easy to see how one could be lured to the beach and then overtaken by the waves.