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Mountain Living
Life in the High Sierra: snow-ready gear, winter driving, Lake Tahoe days, local favorites, and the community that makes it home.


LASFIT Floor Mats for Jeep Grand Cherokee: Worth It? Absolutely!
This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases — at no extra cost to you. Up here in the High Sierra, my Jeep Grand Cherokee takes on a lot. Decomposed granite from a morning trail run. Slush and road salt on the drive over the pass. Lake sand in every crease after a summer afternoon at Tahoe. And, in our house, a golden retriever who has never met a river or stream she didn't want to jump in. The factory mats in my Jeep Grand Che
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Welcome to High Sierra Home & Trail
Welcome, friend. I'm so glad you found your way here. I moved to northern Nevada in the '90s and fell in love. Not with a person, although I'll admit a person is what brought me here in the first place. I fell for the place itself: the mountains, the impossible blue of Lake Tahoe, and a way of life that pulls you outdoors in every season. Northern Nevada has been home ever since. I earned my master's degree at UNR, raised two wonderful children who are now young adults making
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