SheSue Experience

I can’t remember this much snow since living in Eastern Oregon. 2 Weeks of it. I know that some of you are used to it, but we aren’t here in Portland. In fact, we hit 15 inches of snow, the most since 1968. There were records all over the state for snowfall and cold temperatures. Included here are some photos taken around my house in the past couple of weeks.

I had 3 days off work because the roads were so bad I didn’t want to risk driving. I took the bus a couple of days the first week of snow, but even the bus quit coming out this far during the 2nd week. I tried to go into work last Monday, but after nearly going off the road twice, I turned around and went back home. I did stop off at the store on the way home. It snowed an inch of snow while I was in the store. I was looking for board games to play over Christmas vacation, but the trucks hadn’t been able to get into the store, so my choices were pretty slim.

The next day I wanted to go get my daughter so I could have her home for Christmas. My son volunteered to drive. It was an adventure. Freeways were closed, so traffic was backed up all over. By this time there was 8 inches of snow, a 3/4 inch layer of ice, then another 6 or 7 inches of snow. Ruts were formed on major roads. My son said it was like driving on railroad tracks. His goal was to NOT drive in the ruts.

My daughter’s condo has a parking lot like a bowl. To get out of it, you have to drive up a hill and out onto a highway. We’d drive up the hill, then there would be a car coming and we’d have to back down to get another run at the hill. No plowing had been done in the parking lot. Finally my son-in-law stood up at the top of the hill and told us when no cars were coming. We shot up the hill and right onto the highway without stopping. My son-in-law raced across the highway and jumped into the car while it was still moving. Regular James Bond!

We lost a tree about a week ago. We heard a noise in the night, but didn’t see anything when it was still dark out. When I got up the next morning I looked out the window and thought that the tree looked a lot closer than usual. Upon closer inspection I discovered that it had uprooted. We were very lucky that it didn’t do any damage.

How was your Christmas?