Storm Clouds On The Mountain

The latest storm is blowing threw the area and bringing us some rain, though I would prefer snow or at least snow up on the mountains. Hopefully later today it will switch to snow up higher and give the resorts some needed snow. Last night liking the way the clouds were looking on the mountains I decided to take a quick walk up on a small hill top near here to take some photos across the valley. Mt. Rose is looking nice with a little snow on the runs giving some contrast to the dark mountain.

Hiking Mt. Rose

I think every year we do a hike or two in the fall and ask ourselves why we don't get out and hike more during the warmer months as we live so close to many different scenic areas. This fall I did get the kids out on a few hikes to enjoy our area, although they are guaranteed to be forced on a few hikes to go exploring for fall colors to photograph.

These photos are from a hike I took the kids on up on Mt. Rose in October. The trail we were on will take you all the way up on top of Mt. Rose Summit and we made it.....well....not very far as they got a little chilly where the trail goes threw the shaded areas. The portion of the trail we did hike had some nice views of the valleys below and the kids had fun climbing on the rocks and doing some exploring.

I think we did more hiking this year and hopefully next year we will do even more.

Patriots Jet Team

Going back and looking over more images from this past September's Reno Air Races and these are a few images I got of the Patriots Jet Team.

Galena Creek

These were all taken in the Galena Creek area last week before the storm hit.

Fall Colors in Truckee

 Driving down 267 by Northstar a couple weeks ago I passed that old shack off the highway and had to stop and take some photos as the Aspens were looking really nice there.