RANDY L. PHELPS

This is the Christmas Tree Page for December, 2006.

In early December, Pisco headed to the Sierra Nevada mountains, south of Lake Tahoe in Markleeville, CA to hunt for a Christmas tree.  For a $10 fee, the Bureau of Land Management allows you to cut live trees to help thin certain areas of the National forests.  Here are some pictures, showing the search and the final result of the effort on the porch of the house in Sacramento!

 

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The General Store in Markleeville, CA

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          Views of the Sierra.  Will one of these trees do?

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Can you guess which one Pisco selected?

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From the mountain slope to the top of the truck...

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All this work makes a poor Pisco hungry for a sandwich!    

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But it was worth it!    

Merry Christmas!

Last Updated 24 December 2006.