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Coast and Snow, Catalina to Truckee

·Truckee, California·#winter#tahoe#snow#dog#catalina-island
Aerial view of a coastal town in a bay filled with boats, surrounded by hazy hills, with a large circular building.

Catalina first. Avalon from the air on the way in, the whole harbor curled around its moorings with the casino out on the point, fog sitting low on the ridges behind town. Later the dirt road up out of Avalon climbed straight into that fog — blue sky overhead, white spilling over the hill ahead — and from the overlook the boats sat still on their buoys, more of them than I could count. The dog came along for all of it.

Then the other end of the state: Truckee, up around 5,800 feet, one of the snowiest towns in the country — two hundred–some inches a year — and it looked like a good share of it had landed recently. The road past the cabins was plowed down to two dark ruts with banks piled high on either side, and the dog trotted right up the middle of it. The roofs were carrying a thick shelf of snow at every eave.

The dog got the green sweater with the trees knitted on it and stood in the snowbank looking put out about the whole arrangement, tail flag going anyway.

A black and white dog with its tongue out looks at the camera, sitting on a brown leather couch near a person's leg.A dirt road ascends a misty hillside with sparse vegetation under a blue sky, partially enveloped in clouds.A wide bay filled with boats, a town on the surrounding hills, mountains in the distance, and a foreground palm tree.A small dog walks on a snowy road with tire tracks, flanked by tall evergreen trees under a clear blue sky.A house with snow-covered roofs and tall pine trees beneath a bright sun in a blue winter sky.A sunny winter day shows a snow-covered wooden cabin, tall pine trees, and snow on the ground under a bright blue sky.A black and white dog in a green and white Christmas sweater stands in snow with trees in the background.A small dog wearing a green and white sweater stands in deep snow with trees and a building in the background.

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