On Christmas Day, we got up early and headed up skiing. We had purchased Bobby's girlfriend Nico a gift of rental ski equipment and instructions. It was her very first time up, and we wanted to get there early. After we got Nico set up with her equipment and took her to her meeting place with the instructor, Bob and I took off for a few hours of skiing. Bobby joined us after a few runs and we were all off for some fun.
We had a very good time and met up with Nico around 11:30........right when her lesson was through. She said she enjoyed the lesson and wants to do it again. After returning Nico's gear and retrieving ours, we rushed down the mountain and joined the rest of the family at our house. As soon as we were all gathered, our Christmas began in earnest.
New Years Eve was spent together with our friends the Stroms of Goldbar, and some of their very nice neighbors. Because the roads were so very dangerous, we spent the night in their guest room with the intention of getting up the next morning and driving up to Stevens Pass to do some skiing. When we got up in the morning, and after donning our ski clothing and heading out the door, one of the family members told us they'd heard that Highway 2 was closed due to avalanche danger. It remained so for the next 4 days.
We ended up going to breakfast with the entire family and then heading home later that afternoon when it was decided we wouldn't be able to get our car into the driveway of our cabin and off of the street completely because of the huge amounts of snow. A good lesson for us........we had our driveway plowed that week.
We did manage to get up to the cabin to stay the next weekend, and I understand there is 18" of snow still on the ground.
I guess I'll just have to go up and see for myself later this week. I miss skiing and need to get up there before the season is gone.
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