Whether your traditional observance of Memorial Day is as tribute to those who who have died during or after military service or as the official opening weekend of summer, there is no reason not to accommodate both. At 3pm local time every Memorial Day a nationally declared “Moment of Remembrance” is observed. Just a quiet…
Hitch up the team and come on up. Yes, those horses are actually wearing snowshoes! Plumas County history is in large part a history of transportation and the amazing feats of derring do that our brilliant and intrepid pioneer ancestors exerted in the winter months to simply get around. One of those methods which I…
Today’s Word: Powder I have a friend who grew up in Chicago. She moved to California in the 70’s because in her words, “I never wanted to see snow again.” Yet the mountains never seemed to stop their persistent beckoning and eventually she made her home here in Graeagle. She explained her change of heart…
With our first measurable snowfall of the season this past weekend, all eyes naturally turn upward toward the majestic silhouette of Eureka Peak. Aside from its natural beauty, Eureka Peak is something of an emblem for Graeagle as it can be said that in our earliest recollections, this is where it all started. In 1851…
September is here. The inevitable show and tell , “WHAT I DID ON MY SUMMER VACATION”, looms menacingly in every schoolroom and cocktail party, and you..well, you forgot. Somehow June, July and August saw you methodically reporting for office duty. You grabbed bits and snatches of weekend dashes to sporting events and the occasional walk…
There are few things I enjoy as much and can still do just as well as when I was a kid…riding my bike is one of them. You won’t see me in lycra or careening down rutted mountain dirt trails. My kind of bike adventure is more of a meet and greet, baguette…
Highway 89 aka The Trout Route * (*depending on where you’re from, that may/may not rhyme) Visitors to Graeagle are very familiar with the phrase, “The Wild and Scenic Feather River”, but few are aware of the significance of this phrase, and many I daresay write it off as just a tourist board slogan.…
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