this past weekend was the first of a few winter storms hitting the pacific northwest. in the next few hours we will be getting a combination of a few inches of snow, some freezing rain, then some more snow again. this is an event that only happens once a year or so, but usually [...]
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the weekend - not all was lost
19Feb08as most of you know, my neighbor rob and i went snow camping this weekend…or tried. we got up saturday morning and finished organizing our gear to get on the road by 7ish. rob woke up feeling a little funky. that should have been our first clue, but we were determined. [...]
snow camping
14Feb08this weekend my neighbor and i are going snow camping in the cascade mountains. tomorrow afternoon i will be running down to rei to pick up my rented backcountry/touring skis and early saturday morning the two of us will pile our gear in the car to make the 3 1/2 hour drive. our [...]
on ice
25Feb07burrrrr. we were pummelled with a load of rain and ice, followed by snow last night. it actually made for a great evening. our power went out at 5:00pm saturday and wasn’t back on until 10:00am sunday. it was really kind of nice. no tv, no computer, no lights. [...]
