Some Furnishings for Sale

Well we do try to help our clients.  One of our former sellers is looking to rent her home this winter and she has found a renter.  She needs to get rid of some of the furnishings, however and would be pleased to part with the following items at a very reasonable price.  If you see something you like, call Kappy at 530 400-0531 or email her at kappy@kappymann.com and she will get you in to see the articles in person.

2 Queen sized beds with headboard and drawers under the bed

2 sets of bunk beds

1 large screen TV

1 TV stand

1 large and colorful lounge chair

Check them out:

Donner Mine Music Camp – 2011

Every year I am treated to a journey down off the hill to a beautiful spot located off of Highway 20 in the forest.  There amongst the tall pines, we adults witness an incredible musical event put on by the children musicians/campers at the Donner Mine Music Camp.  The deal is that the students get to spend a week camping and exploring their music.  The focus of this camp is music and it is obvious that the kids love it.  At the end of the week, on Friday night,  the students put on a recital in the form of a concert. After the concert, which is attended by relatives and friends of the students, the camp turns over the campers to their parents and they return (sadly in most cases) to their homes.

This was the first year that I have ever attended a middle school Friday night recital.  Usually I am on point for the High School.  I have followed this practice believing that the older children will be better.  This year however, the only time I was available to attend was at the end of the middle school week.  Boy was I surprised!!  They are as wonderfully talented as their older counterparts.

What a treat, a concert under the stars in an amphitheater in the middle of the forest.   Priceless!!  Who says we can’t have it all!   Thank you Donner Mine.

Please excuse the photos, they really did not turn out as well as I would have hoped.

Sagehen Hike

Took a little hike to Sagehen Creek on Thursday.  This hike is located up Highway 89 north and it is an annual rite of passage for Truckee locals to visit the meadow with all of the blue flowers.  There seems to be only one week during the early summer when these flowers are blooming altogether and they make a beautiful sight.  In any event, we will have to go back next week, I am afraid, because the creek has overflowed its normal banks and made it nearly impossible to get to the meadow.  Next week, with water shoes . . . .

Hike in Coldstream Canyon near Donner Lake, CA

We finally got some more snow here last night — boy did we need it. But before the great white blanket fell on Truckee-Tahoe, my friend and I and our dogs got out on a sunny Friday afternoon last week and took a walk on the hardpacked snowmobile trail in Coldstream Canyon.

In case you don’t know where Coldstream Canyon is, it is located just after you exits highway 80 at Donner Lake (in fact I think that the exit is called “Coldstream Canyon.”  If you just stay on the road after you exit, you will run right smack dab into it.  Just go as far as you can to the end of the paved and plowed road (about 1/4 mile)  and park your car.

We saw lots of people (and their dogs, I might add)  cross country skiing, snowshoeing and some even backpacking with some skiis they identified as split snowboard skis.  Apparently the apparatus really is a snowboard that has been split down the middle longitudinally and can be used with skins to back country ski.  Once you have arrived at your destination, you put the board back together and you snowboard down the hill.  Pretty interesting I’d say.  These people were headed to the “Lost Trail Lodge,” where I presume they will be camping out in some pretty nice but remote accommodations.

In any event, here is just another opportunity for us and you to enjoy the great outdoors, summer or winter, for FREE.  Let us know if you need more information.  Maybe we’ll see you out there!!

The Civility Project – Speak your Peace

I was at a Truckee Donner Public Utility District meeting this week and during the time appropriated for public comment one of the public reminded us of the “Civility Project.”  The project was begun in order to remind people that there are some rules that should guide us all when dealing with others.  I thought that they were worth printing here.  No matter what your view point is — in my case — buyer or seller, the following 9 precepts should help us all get along:

1. Pay Attention
2. Listen
3. Be Inclusive
4. Don’t Gossip
5. Show Respect
6. Be agreeable
7. Apologize
8. Give Constructive Criticism
9. Take Responsibility

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