On the NV/CA border
I definitely think the awesome smell is yellow pines (jeffrey pines). When we went out today I realized that there is only one line of hills between this:
and this:
We may be staying in the same place, but yesterday we drove a few miles to visit Virginia City:
and today we spent the day at Lake Tahoe:
Tahoe, might I add, is gorgeous. I didn't think Lap Boy would have fun because he can't exactly swim, but he liked playing in (and tasting) the gritty sand, and there was a breeze and it wasn't too hot, yet it was sunny, and he discovered how to eat strawberries like a lamprey, so he was happy. The other kids all played in the FREEZING cold water (glacier runoff) and swam and had a fantastic time.
Anyway, the reason I think the smell is jeffery pines (aside from smelling like, well, jeffrey pines) is because I took Lap Boy over to experience the sap while at the lake, and we came away sticky but satisfied with the smell.
Someday if I ever own property, I want a jeffrey pine (requirements of nature: 6000-7000 foot elevation, found in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California) and a Virginia live oak (requirement: lives near salt on the Atlantic coast). Is this a problem?
and this:
We may be staying in the same place, but yesterday we drove a few miles to visit Virginia City:
and today we spent the day at Lake Tahoe:
Tahoe, might I add, is gorgeous. I didn't think Lap Boy would have fun because he can't exactly swim, but he liked playing in (and tasting) the gritty sand, and there was a breeze and it wasn't too hot, yet it was sunny, and he discovered how to eat strawberries like a lamprey, so he was happy. The other kids all played in the FREEZING cold water (glacier runoff) and swam and had a fantastic time.
Anyway, the reason I think the smell is jeffery pines (aside from smelling like, well, jeffrey pines) is because I took Lap Boy over to experience the sap while at the lake, and we came away sticky but satisfied with the smell.
Someday if I ever own property, I want a jeffrey pine (requirements of nature: 6000-7000 foot elevation, found in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California) and a Virginia live oak (requirement: lives near salt on the Atlantic coast). Is this a problem?