Outdoors with Don Q: Merry Christmas to everyone
In what has become a family tradition of many years, the entire Quilici family is planning to spend part of the Christmas holiday at their cabin, which is located at an elevation of 6,000 feet on a steep mountainside between the City of Portola and Davis Lake in Northern California.
What makes this location so special at this time of the year is that Plumas County does not plow the gravel road to the cabin when it snows.
When the countryside is covered with a layer of deep snow, we have to hike in on our snowshoes while towing a sled full of “goodies.”
At Christmas time, this adds to the holiday atmosphere which includes the gorgeous snow-covered landscape, a toasty warm and comfortable cabin, the immediate family and nearby neighbors, Christmas tree with lights and decorations, lots of gaily wrapped presents under the tree, stockings filled with small gifts and a tasty prime rib dinner with all the trimmings.
It doesn’t get much better than that.
That’s our version of Christmas in a remote area in this part of the West. So, whether you are planning to stay home or to travel out of town, we would like to wish everyone a very Merry and safe Christmas in 2012.
Merry Christmas everyone!
— Don Quilici is the Outdoor editor for Carson Now and www.SouthTahoeNow.com. He can be reached at donquilici@hotmail.com