Why PNW People are Wimps!

My truck was cold :)

We are just wrapping up "Snow-pocolyspe" here in the great Pacific Northwest, and it left me believing I that I have finally been assimilated into the PNW way of thinking about things. As background, we are one of a very few career Navy families that has lived in the fantastic state of Idaho for six consecutive years while on active duty. Don't ask me to explain because it is a source of a small amount of shame on my part. Snow? Yeah, I've seen snow. And I've driven in snow in a crappy front wheel drive car, too. This is the first storm that I have stood looking out the front windows of our house and found myself hoping for it to end. "It is far too dangerous to drive out there", and "I hope we have enough food in this joint" were thought in the privacy of my head. News coverage? You bet, non-stop and predicting catastrophe. To be fair, we in the PNW are used to inclement weather, but are much better suited to the wet form, perhaps with some wind accompanying the rain drops. Another indication of my assimilation is the number of rain coats I have. And no one who calls themselves a PNWer carries an umbrella. I mean, seriously, an umbrella is useless up here because rain almost never comes without wind.

I have come to terms with my whimpiness on this topic now. It may have been the result of my repeated efforts to keep my driveway clear even armed with the knowledge that all this snow will melt in a couple of days and the rain will return. On a related note, I have uncovered the secret to making it snow in Silverdale - walk outside with my snow shovel!

In other news - I could definitely get used to a two-day work week. I plan to pursue that schedule when I retire!

Here's a few other pictures I snapped over the past few days.

Looking at Silverdale from a local park.

Silverdale Waterfront Park

Melissa's car - snow, ice, then snow again.
Should be ready to drive in June.