When someone says roadtrip, what comes to mind? Summertime, the open road, camping, music, etc. No one ever thinks of black ice, strong winds, semis blowing snow on those snow banked roads- why? Because most people do not embark on road trips in the middle of winter. Yet I agreed to do just *that* sometime back in December... oh foolish girl!
CD was excited about winter and snowboarding/snowshoeing, yet any attempt to make plans with friends didn't seem to pan out. So he decided to take matters into his own hands and called up our friends Eunice and Jay and penciled in a week of outdoor adventure.
We left on the day that the first of three severe storms was coming. We were 5 minutes ahead of the storm the whole time and our mantra was "we just have to make it to Reno". Crossing the Sierras in the middle of blizzard-like conditions was a painstaking and stressful event- we'll never do that again!
I guess the other key detail of the trip is that we decided to take the Prius instead of CD's Jeep. That baby handled itself amazingly well. We didn't use the tiny chains we had purchased because the car's anti-slip mechanism was fabulous!
It was great to see Eunice and Jay again.
The snow on the mountain was spectacular! I think they got about 3 feet in the 5 days that we spent there. Awesome pow-pow!
On Saturday night, Jay cooked a turkey and some friends came over for a lovely dinner.
Sunday night we went to watch Jay (#3) play hockey- he scored the only goal for his team. It was really fun to be amongst the few fans- Go Earwigs!!
"Good game", "good game", "good game"
I only got to snowshoe one day, but it was really fun! Eunice took us on a trail,
brought the hot chocolate
and got to practice her cross country skiing skills. After our outing, she showed us the future sight of their home which they have designed themselves- it's going to be very exciting once they break ground!
TBD Paiute:
The return trip was a bit difficult as well and we considered stopping along the way to visit friends and family, but in the end we just wanted to rush back and spend a couple of days at home before returning to work after such a long break.
2 comments:
i love a story that includes tasty pow-pow. i'm glad you made it home alive and well.
So happy you are alive! Looks like you had such a fun time. Can't wait to see you, Catherine! We miss you guys sooooo much.
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