6/52 - Snow!
There was one noteworthy event in the past week that towered over all others: Snow! After a long wait, winter finally arrived in Trout Lake. It was a slow accumulating storm which doled out a new allowance each day; Friday morning, there were 7" on the ground and the storm had paused. Snow started up again by mid-afternoon, and by Saturday morning, another 8" had fallen. Then another 5" by Sunday morning. Snow! This is certainly not considered a "big" storm by Trout Lake standards, but it's the first we've had this year, so it still counts.
Snow clearing duty
Fun in the snow!
On Saturday we all took a snowshoe walk through the forest. Every once in a while the wind would blow a "snow bomb" off the trees, resulting in a heavy shower of snow on our heads. Eventually we started triggering them intentionally.
Even though we taught him to duck his head down when the snow fell, Anders never truly got comfortable with the idea. Perhaps it had something to do with my explanation of avalanches.
He did enjoy sliding down the slide on his play structure into the snow, at maximum speed. At the beginning of the video, you can see a mild "snow bomb" in the background.
Sunday we spent more time outside in the snow, this time sledding. We haven't explored the local sledding hills yet, but so far Anders is pretty content with being pushed down the gentle slope in our driveway.
Then came the most polite snowball fight ever. We stood a few feet apart and each took turns tossing snow into the air at another person. Anders would tell us whose turn it was and at whom they were to throw snow.
He always has a big smile, even after getting smacked on the top of his head with a giant ball of snow.
Hood River actually got hit with this storm as much as we did, and Anders's HR preschool was closed on Friday and Monday. We typically work from home except on days when we take him to school, so we had no reason to go into the "big city" (aka White Salmon or Hood River). In fact, Corinne hadn't left Trout Lake in 12 days!
We saved lots of time driving, but we did have to dig a little deeper into the freezer and pantry for our meals. We ran out of eggs over the weekend, but a 1 mile cross country ski ride later fixed that. Thanks, Green Pastures Farm!
The snow, however, may be short lived. Temperatures spiked up above 50, and the rains poured down. Within the span of only a day, most of the snow disappeared. We hope that there's at least a little more of winter still on the way.
- Mike, Corinne, and Anders
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