Allen and Gayla's Continuing Saga

On Thursday Gayla headed out for work. We had gotten the typical 6-8 inches of snow the night before and we had cleared our driveway of snow. Unfortunately, the roads had not been plowed. Gayla got stuck on the hill right before the front gate. She called me to come get her. I stopped to pick her up and I got stuck. One of our neighbors came up and tried to pass us and they got stuck. They called their dad (the one that plows the roads on Saddle Mountain). He came up and helped me get my chains on. That helped as I was able to get to the top of the hill -- but the chains broke/came off. So I took Gayla to work in my car. When I got back he had plowed the roads so I was able to get my car back to the house. We then went back to Gayla's car -- he towed Gayla's car out of the snow drift. Then I took it home. I can't tell you the number of times we have gotten stuck. We are doing all we can to adjust to the harsh winter we are having. Luckily we have great neighbors that don't mind rescuing the transplanted Virginians!!!!

Winter Wonderland

It's a Record

Well Spokane, WA set a record for snow fall. It had snowed 63 inches so far this season. 61.5 inches in December alone. That's right over 5 feet this month. That doesn't count the 2 inches we got last night. We are scheduled to get another 12 incher tomorrow. That's in the valley. The mountains get more. What a winter wonderland. As you might expect we got a White Christmas. We may even have a white Memorial Day if it keeps this up.

A Break from the Snow -- Not!!!!!

Yesterday we awoke to a blast of warm air that caused the snow to start melting and it rained for a little while -- then the temperatures dropped and the rain/snow that melted turned to a sheet of ice. It made coming home form church an adventure -- again. But not to worry we got up this morning to another winter storm -- should get 4-7 inches of snow today with blowing and drifting snow this afternoon. I knew it wouldn't last. To add to the fun the electricity went out last Saturday night around 10 pm and stayed off till 12:48 am. The reason I know when it came on is all the lights in the house that had been on when the lights went out were suddenly on and we awoke with a start when they came on!!!

Pictures from Siberia

Let it Snow!!!!! Sunday's Adventure (21 Dec 08)

We had an adventure on Sunday coming home from church. We got to Saddle Mountain and it was snowing and blowing (35-50 mph winds). It was white out conditions --blizzard. We forged our way toward home with Suzanne in her car behind us (she had visited the singles ward) and she wanted to follow us home. When we got about 100 yards from our home I high centered on a snow drift about 3 feet high. We all got out of the cars (which was no small feat as the snow was up to the windows)and hiked to the house (Suzanne and Gayla in dresses and I in my suit). We called our neighbor who has a plow at 5 pm. He was in town, and said he would come help dig our cars out when he got home. He came up at 7 pm and he got his plow stuck in our driveway (the snow was over his plow). We dug him out and then he pushed the snow up to the front of my car. Then he went and got his high loader. We dug Suzanne and my cars out while we waited. We had to get in the cars every once in a while to get warm as the snow was blowing and drifting up against the car as we dug them out. He came back with his high loader and scooped the snow out from in front of my car and then dug us a single lane path to our house. We followd in the cars. Then he had to plow a path to the top of the hill so I could drive the pick up truck to the top of the hill and turn around and make it back to the house, as I had gotten it stuck the day before trying to get up our south driveway. At 10:30 pm we finished getting all the cars/truck dug out, and we settled down nestled in our beds till morning where we went out and everything had blown over again in drifts -- so we had to dig out again!!!! We should still have snow on the ground here till the 4th of July. We are expecting another storm today that should bring another 12-20 inches of snow. Thankfully, DeAnn and Roger, have offered to let us borrow their snow blower so maybe we can move some of the drifts back so the plow can get through.

White Christmas in Washington and White 4th of July?