
Around these parts, the change of season comes quickly. One day it is sunny and 65 degrees, the next….

Six weeks ago the lake was full of water skiers and families on the beach. Now, it’s as quiet as a mouse in church.


I regularly walk over to Ponderosa Park and most times I walk to areas rarely visited. Today, even the busiest trails were quiet.

Secret Ponderosa Beach.


Boardwalks.

The marsh is vacant and quiet. It seems as though even the ducks have moved on.

Snow single track.

Finally, a glimpse up to Brundage Mountain shows that the ski runs are accumulating snow.
