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Sunday, December 21, 2008

No seat for Charlie

No room for one more on the 11:30 flight... Now waiting on the 3:30 flight. If he doesn't call in the next 20 minutes, to tell us he isn't on this one either, then we need to get to the airport--usually an hour's drive--by 6pm. Luckily, none of the branches that have broken under the weight of ice and snow have blocked the driveway. Yet. I'm going out in a little while to see if I can drive in this stuff. We have 4 wheel drive, but no chains on the truck. Charlie just called... flight postponed... Sign in to see full entry.

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Waiting to hear...

According to the weather reports, both the Denver and Seattle airports are operating without delays. We are hoping to hear from Charlie that he is getting on his flight this morning. Then I'll head out for the airport, and it could be he and I will get there at about the same time. Ice has followed the snow, and conditions on the roads should be even more interesting today than they were yesterday, or last night. But the hurricane-force winds around Seattle and in the western slopes of the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 20, 2008

Flight cancelled...

Charlie called me just before I was getting set to leave for the airport to let us know he won't be flying in until tomorrow afternoon. Just as well with hurricane-force winds blowing across parts of western Washington tonight! Denver weather isn't so bad, but then--you may have heard on the late news, as we did--a plane skidded off the runway at Denver's airport this evening. Well, I am sure they will be being extra-careful tomorrow! We accumulated another half-foot of snow today. And the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, December 18, 2008

Catching up with Davy

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Davy likes the snow

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The Adventure continues...

I've shown you McLane Creek beaver pond before... (You can find those pictures in my Adventuring Travelblogue, in the Friday, November 14th entry.) --how it looked for years, then after the flood, then after the summer after the flood... Here is how it looks in the winter this year: (This last shows the same stumps I showed you before.) Sign in to see full entry.

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More snow, and a daring adventure...

I went out driving with Davy today, and decided to take him to one of our favorite romping grounds. He needed the romp, and I wanted to see it for the first time ever in the snow. Getting there was half the fun. Well, a third of the fun. Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, December 17, 2008

It's real snow here today...

such a rarity along the shores, especially the south shores of Puget Sound! A couple of inches accumulated sometime in the night, and it shows, as the song goes, no sign of stopping. Forecast what it is, it looks like we will finally, after living out here for 32 years, have our first white Christmas! Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, December 15, 2008

It's cold!

When I got up this morning into a very cold house--even with the woodstove still putting out some heat from the last of the wood that went in just before bedtime--and later, driving out down the icy local roads about 4 miles, it was more than ever certain that driving across half the country this week would have been a bad idea. There's a bit of wind, and a lot of ice, but clear sky and no more snow coming for a few days--so, presumeably quite a bit milder than up in the mountains. And even so,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, December 14, 2008

The snow is coming down...

...and I can enjoy it! It's Davy's first snow, and I am hoping it gets deep enough to amaze him. Anything over two inches is a rarity in our corner of the woods. Once again, I am glad to be staying home after watching some news photos of vehicles not making it up the ramp and over the bridge--had no idea that tire-tracks could make those kinds of shapes...! When it gets really cold here, I get a fire going in the woodstove, and start the fans--one blows over the stove from behind, the other, a... Sign in to see full entry.

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