In our last episode, the Portland metropolitan area was shut down for a day when several inches of fluffy snow showed up. That proved to be just a test run for the arrival of the real snow. The Sunday before Christmas, over six inches of fresh snow fell from the sky. By Sunday night, our street looked like this (click on the photo):
The snow kept coming daily until we had about ten inches at our house. Areas at higher elevations had eighteen.
As you might expect, this caused transportation havoc. We were really glad to be staying home for Christmas. But, as you all know, when life gives you snow, you go snowshoeing. We never thought we would be able to snowshoe by just stepping out our front door (or while being pregnant with twins), but it happened.
While we are grateful that the snow has stayed long enough to give us a White Christmas, we’re looking forward to The Great Thaw of Late 2008. You can see more photos here.
For some perspective, compare how easily we were amused by a “White Christmas” last year.
