Damn! Wouldn't you know, the one day I don't look at the site I missed out on another fun trip. And here I am almost healed from the last excursion. 
haha! Well at least if you had fallen on this trip, you would have landed in soft snow or mud
Did you guys end up going out there?
knightrider ended up with a last minute work obligation and couldn't make it. So just the Mrs. and I headed up there with Gavin and his puppy. We hit the dirt right about 9:00 am in hopes of beating the expected crowds, and it paid off big time. There was snow on the ground as soon as we passed Pioneertown (started at about the 4,500 foot mark), but it was patchy and slushy. We ended up having to go further up the mountain than I expected, but it was worth it, as we were treated to very deep and soft snow beginning at about the 6,000 foot mark. We took 2N01 toward round valley, and found a great spot to set up and play. Not a soul around us, as no one wanted to climb that far up the mountain and/or come as far back off of 2N02 as we did. It was so amazingly peaceful.
Gavin's puppy (Skye) absolutely loves the snow, and she couldn't stop chasing him down the hills with each run of his sled. We played for a few hours and ate our lunch, then decided to head back down the mountain. This is when we realized just how good of an idea it was to get on the road as early as we did. There were about 30 or so vehicles gathered around the area of the Rose Mine, with probably about a hundred people playing in the snow. We crept through the madness and then had to yield to no less than 70 vehicle that were coming up the mountain still. It was already 1:00 pm, and I couldn't help but wonder how many of those folks were going to stay up on the mountain too late into the evening and have to deal with crazy ice trying to get back down. On our way back down, the roads had turned to a muddy mess from all of the vehicles that came up after us.
I aired back up at the hardball, and we decided to stop in Pioneertown and walk around for a bit. There was a surprising amount of activity in the town, but it was mostly centered around Pappy and Harriet's restaurant. We did get a chance to snap a photo of the Deputy Mayor (the white goat with the hat on). It was explained to us that the Deputy Mayor is an appointed position, and that this particular goat had been appointed as Deputy by the mayor himself. It was then further explained to us that the Mayor is actually a cactus.
Yeah, there's some weird people in Pioneertown.
The truck got really muddy on the way back down and now it's all dried and crusted over. Not looking forward to cleaning all of that off, but it was still an amazing day!
