Everyone is pretty much aware of the terrible earthquake in Japan by now, our thoughts are with our Japanese friends and their families. Devastation on this scale has rarely been seen in modern history. This is such a huge event, as I am typing this blog entry, small tsunami surges are coming ashore in Washington … Read more
I’ve lived 9800′ in the Colorado Rockies and worked at 13,000′, skied and boarded at most resorts in the continental USA, so I’ve seen a little bit of snow. In the past couple days, we’ve had at least three feet of snow in thirty six hours. That’s a pretty good amount of snow, no matter … Read more
The last day of February packed a heck of a punch and dumped over two feet of snow in about eight hours. It’s raining everywhere below about 1000′, but above that, it is major dumpage. Easily the biggest winter snowfall of the season. Looks like it’s tapering off a little as night sets in, but … Read more
Snowden is a hilly area outside of White Salmon, WA that is known for it’s abundant snowfall and today it more than lived up to it’s name. It’s snowed at least a foot in the past 24 hours and it is still snowing. The temperature now at 5 PM is 25 degrees and dropping quickly … Read more
Looks like winter is going to give us one more shot of cold and snow before we switch over to spring. It’s been snowing off and on for the last twenty four hours, it seems to be getting colder and the snow showers a bit heavier and more frequent. I went into town earlier today, … Read more
A dry, but chilly weekend allowed us to get out for a couple more bike rides. We have been able to do a lot more riding because of the unseasonably mild weather. There has been very little snow and some really decent winter weather. Yesterday, I took a break from computer work to get a … Read more
The weather has been on the cold side for the past few days, so I’ve been scanning some of my thousands of slides and negatives; converting them to digital files. It’s cool to see these old photos, but scanning them is kind of tedious. I don’t have a top shelf scanner, which can cost thousands … Read more
Yesterday, we were in Portland for the “Worst Day of the Year” bicycle ride. As seems to be the case with the recent history of the ride, the weather did not live up to it’s name. It was a little on the cool side, not surprising for the middle of February, the skies were gray … Read more
Yesterday was another in an unbelievable stretch on mild winter weather. Sunny and dry, temperature in the high 50’s; more like late April or May instead of the middle of February. There were a few muddy spots and the recent rain and snowmelt generated by the unseasonably mild temperatures have got the creeks and steams … Read more
Today, I went out looking for a waterfall in a very remote area. There is no road or trail to the waterfall, you get as close as you can on Forest Service roads, then head off into the woods. It doesn’t sound that tough, but here’s what the roads look like: No parking lot, no … Read more