February 22, 2012

Jesse's new found perch in the loft -
from here he can see everything!



JB & Jesse in tipi

















Wild weather!  Both mountain passes were closed on Monday and into Tuesday.  As of this morning Snoqualamie is open but Stevens is still closed.  Good thing RJ didn't come Up Here for the weekend.  They would have been two days late getting back.  Stevens Pass (Rte 2) received 19" of snow in 24 hours over the weekend and three skiers were killed in an avalance.  They were skiing in a "No Ski - Avalanche Danger" area.  I simply don't understand the attitude that causes people to take such a chance.

On Monday JB decided we should get a fire going in the tipi to start drying it out a bit.  He shoveled out the snow around it while I brought a couple loads of firewood down.  We always enjoy sitting around the fire in the tipi and the dogs do too.  So relaxing. . . and calming.

When we left for Down There at 9:00 am Tuesday, it was 28 degrees, which is 8 degrees warmer than the last two times we traveled down.  No snow at all by the time we reached the pavement.  Got all signed up for my Medicare supplement.  Thanks to a reader for their comment regarding this coverage.  Fortunately JB has already gone through all of this.  He's had this insurance for more than a year now and so far we have been very pleased.  So I just said, "I want the same thing he has."  By the time we were done getting and sending mail, and shopping, the temperature in Wenatchee was 48!  There were no Seattle newspapers because of the pass closures.  The wind was bringing in the clouds as we parked the Jeep and loaded everything into MAX.  We arrived at Rose Camp just as the rain did.  It was 37 Up There by then, possibly the warmest it has been all winter.  Things were starting to melt again, helped along by the very strong wind.  The forecast calls for temperatures up into the 50's this week Down There.  Oh, goody.  This will probably all freeze again next week and we'll be back in our ice arena.

Thought for the day:  If only I could be respected, without having to be respectable.  Ashleigh Brilliant