Reply #101: "Sunny" California [View All]

[kineneb]

well, sunny half the year... last winter we got 41" of rain. The Big Lake is Clear Lake which is, ahem, anything but clear, mostly being a greenish color. On the other hand, our water now comes out of the lake, and is quite drinkable after processing by our water company and a jog through a Brita filter. It can get pretty funky smelling by the end of summer, being a large but shallow natural lake.

So if we have to, it is back to the lake for water. It does have fish, although there is a mercury contamination problem there (don't eat the bass or catfish). And of course, being way out in the hills, we have lots of wildlife. There are deer, turkeys, etc., many of whom can be found waltzing through people's front yards, noshing on the tender domestic plants. Our major road hazard is deer, followed by turkeys...more problems hitting them than cars. The Roadkill Cafe could do good business here, if Fish & Game didn't want the carcases for dissection.

There are lots of springs up in the hills, where folks used to go to "take the waters" at former resorts. But they are located in the back of beyond. I don't think they would be of much use, given the hardships to get to them.