Twain Harte Visit

We had heard that the city of Twain Harte was a very nice place to visit and since it was only a few miles up the road, decided to go yesterday. It was a little bit disappointing to us since it was much like many of the towns we know in Washington, and didn't really offer anything unusual or different. The town is built on the hills with all the homes in the woods. They must struggle with getting light into their homes - the trees are so thick around the homes that even on a clear day, it has to be dark. The downtown area is very small and not unusual. I had the camera with us but didn't take any pictures because it was all "ho-hum". By the way, the town was named after Mark Twain and Bret Harte, two of the founders' favorite authors. Anyway, we didn't spend a lot of time there and we came back and walked around downtown Sonora for about an hour. There were some neat stores that we wanted to visit so it was a good opportunity to do that.

The rain held off until mid afternoon yesterday, but has been coming down in buckets since. As of this morning, we have had .87" of rain in the last 15 hours. The winter has sure been a wet one. We have had 13 days of measurable rain so far in February, and we still have 5 days to go. We do need the rainfall though and I understand the snow pack in the mountains is about double what it was last year.

Today begins a 5 day stretch of working - Ugh! We do the late shift today, but the other 4 days will be early shift, which means 8 to 5 PM. We enjoy the play days much more than the work days - no surprise there. Until tomorrow...