after this weekends storm and another coming tonight I scurried up Gold Run road in hopes of finding a tree. In previous years snows came later and getting to the top of the ridge where the silver tips are is usally pretty easy.
Not today it wasn't!! I got about half way up the hill and was finding 10 inches of snow and this road is steep I tell you. I decided to turn around in a safe spot and spotted a decent looking pine 30 yards up the hill. I cut the 8 footer down, knocked off the snow and shoved it in the back of the Explorer.
After getting it home my wife pointed out that it is a fine tree indeed.
phew another storm and I was going to have to BUY my first tree.