Pets, people and other cool stuff!

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Snow much fun!

After a week of winter storms, Mark Nolasco of Facilities and  his son Reagan, 12, spent a weekend backpacking above 9,000 feet in the San Jacinto Wilderness Area.

They went up on Jan. 23 (Saturday) and were at the top of the tram by 9:30 a.m. ” We hiked into Tamarack Valley and stopped for lunch then over to Round Valley to set up camp for the night. With more than 5  feet of new snow, the whole trek was with snowshoes and we cut fresh trails in the powder with the use of a map and compass. A bit cool at night as the temp went down to 3 degrees but it was a lot of fun. We dug a protected area for our tent and cooking. In the morning we woke to ‘blue bird’ skis and the sound of ice breaking from the trees.”

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Rainproof pooch

Anabelle Cabrera, system support analyst with IS&T, sent in this pic of Jude, her Bichon Frise, during the recent rains.  “He had his little raincoat every time he went out,” she said.