DRAG MODE AT ALTURAS SKI AREA

On Tuesday, Timinius groomed Wapiti, Sheep Thrills and the Connector at the Alturas Lake ski area before leaving the state for a week to water his moss gardens in the deep dark woods of Oregon. His replacement, Davinius, accepted the challenge to carry on in his absence, grooming the super fast frozen sun glazed ski trails at Alturas, and he decided to go into drag mode, not to be confused with Stanley Winter Fest drag mode, where this weekend, local cabin fever crazed cowboys dress up like Dale Evans and push outhouses down Ace of Diamond street in a bizarre alcohol fueled ritual. No, Davinius took out his new compaction drag from Yellowstone Track Systems, purchased with the help of a grant from the Sawtooth Society to rough up the shiny slick trails. On Thursday he hit the Trail to the Lake, Over the Hill and South Loop with impressive results. With additional dragging before the weekend influx of dirt farmers from the snow barren Wood River Valley, Davinius expects the trails to be in excellent shape. To paraphrase Ray Davies, “Girls will be boys and boys will be girls, It’s a mixed up muddled up shook up world except for Davinius, Da-da-da-da Davinius, La-la-la-la-la-la”