There isn't time, so brief is life, for bickerings, apologies, heartburnings, callings to account. There is only time for loving, and but an instant, so to speak, for that. - Mark Twain
耶誕節假期時北加山區有場暴風雪, 滑雪勝地Lake Tahoe周遭都因大雪而封路, 山上旅人們進出不得, 山下玩雪滑雪的都心心念著雪況. 看準晴天的氣象預報, 和友人相約就近來去較南邊的雪場Dodge Ridge Ski Resort, 想趁歲末體驗久違的北加雪地.