Yesterday we said goodbye to autumn, so today we’ll say hello to winter. I took this picture up at Big Bear a couple of months ago, and I have a question about it: is this sign placement a deliberate little joke or is it just a coincidence? The latter hardly seems likely, but what do I know?
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