Since my post last weekend, our stormy winds have abated, but as I mentioned at the end of that post, by Sunday morning it had started to snow. It kept snowing throughout the day on Sunday, and continued on Monday...... and Tuesday, and Wednesday, and Thursday. The temperature stayed in the 30's so the snow would build, then melt, and continued in that predictable cycle until Thursday when the temp dropped into the teens. Friday arrived with clear skies and cold temperatures, never getting out of the mid-twenties, but with blue skies and beautiful snow-covered vistas in all directions. Going to bed Friday night we had a couple inches of snow on the ground (or dock, as the case may be) and temperatures still in the twenties. We awoke this morning to about 6 inches of new snow, and near white-out conditions. The forecast calls for continuing snow on and off throughout the next week, although the temperatures are suppose to get back up in the thirties in the next few days. That could be good or bad news for the seagulls standing on the ice alongside our boat, depending on how much they enjoy the harbor being frozen in. I'm told by many people in town that this is unusually early for this kind of weather, but I was also told the weather here would be similar to Seattle, so I guess only time will tell for sure.
The upper picture shows our view from the "back deck", as of earlier this morning. It's been snowing for a few more hours since then, with no break on the horizon, so I'm guessing it should be fun getting around town today. That brings us to the lower picture, which shows our grocery store earlier this week. It was still warm enough at that point that we were losing most of our accumulations each day. Something to point out about that picture, there probably aren't too many grocery stores with a better view. With the ocean right outside the front door of the store, it's a beautiful setting, but also close enough that I got a bit worried I was going to put the truck in the water a few days ago when the parking lot was iced over. With true frontier mentality, there is no need for guard rails here, or just about anywhere else in town for that matter.
I wanted to include a picture of the mountains surrounding town, with the stunning snow covered pines, but right now I can't even see shore from our marina slip.
The upper picture shows our view from the "back deck", as of earlier this morning. It's been snowing for a few more hours since then, with no break on the horizon, so I'm guessing it should be fun getting around town today. That brings us to the lower picture, which shows our grocery store earlier this week. It was still warm enough at that point that we were losing most of our accumulations each day. Something to point out about that picture, there probably aren't too many grocery stores with a better view. With the ocean right outside the front door of the store, it's a beautiful setting, but also close enough that I got a bit worried I was going to put the truck in the water a few days ago when the parking lot was iced over. With true frontier mentality, there is no need for guard rails here, or just about anywhere else in town for that matter.
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