A Clovis Christmas

Ho Ho Ho, Merry Christmas!  This is actually a 10 foot tree, but objects in the background may appear smaller.  We thank everybody for all the wonderful Christmas cards.  You can't see them but our little mantle is filled with cards from friends and family.  They really made is feel missed and loved.   We strolled through Old Town Clovis and found a couple of antique ornaments to adorn our tree with, as well as a star tree topper!  Christmas came and went with a quiet breakfast, some presents and lots of quality time at home.  Although we did miss everyone dearly, we spent time remembering all those we care for.  We're excited about the prospects on where we might spend next Christmas! Lord only knows where that'll be.  Hopefully we can convince some friends to fly out and spend it with us :)  

Walks to remember...

On a cool, windy Saturday morning we decided to try a hike a little closer to home.  We found Millerton State Park recreational lake to be perfect.  It was not as challenging as say, hiking up a thousand feet to a mountain peak, but it was refreshing.  It was only a few miles round trip around the south side of the lake.  We packed a lunch and had a little picnic overlooking the lake.  It looked like they had some good campsites so we may return shortly before the really cold weather sets in.  It is supposed to snow these next few days at an elevation of 1500 feet (we're at 350).  We hope to bring you some cool snow pictures from the national parks in the coming month.

To celebrate the Christmas season, we took a stroll down Christmas Tree Lane in Fresno.  Apparently, the city closes down this one street to allow people to walk down the couple of miles to soak in the thousands upon thousands of lights strung up on the trees, houses and just about everything else.  As the story goes, a child was killed in 1920 and in an act of mourning, the house decorated the large tree by the street.  In the following years, neighbors followed suit and have been doing it since.  It was pretty amazing to see so many lights hanging from large trees.  The atmosphere was complete with carolers, garage bands and children playing musical instruments.  People took this opportunity to dress their dogs in christmas outfits and parade them about.  Some dogs were larger than most children we saw!