We drove over Stevens Pass yesterday.
It was a fine drive, despite earlier weather predictions of up to three feet of snow in the Cascades. The Highways plows had done a great job and there was very little snow to be found. If we hadn't been driving our all-wheel drive RAV4 we would have been seriously annoyed though. Why?
Eastbound cars were required to chain up before driving over the pass. Yesterday's drive would have been absolutely safe with all-season tires. Conditions can change quickly, of course, so the law is understandable.
Still, it was a great day to have all-wheel drive, but not because of the snow.
Kathy and Brian
Two retired educators alternating joyfully between seeing the world and enjoying our eight grandchildren (in order of birth), Jake, Avery, Taegan, Lily, Peyton, Riley, Blane, and Jace.
Kathy and Brian met in the clarinet section of the University of California (Santa Barbara) Symphony Orchestra several decades ago.
Brian's Western Canadian roots and Kathy's Colorado ties resulted in their making beautiful music together along with producing a cross-border crop of descendants.
Kathy spent a year studying in Vienna at the Institute for European Studies and the University of Vienna.
Brian started the school band program in Hope, British Columbia, and later became the high school's vice-principal for 6 years and subsequently principal for 15 years before retiring in 2001.
Kathy, in between raising our three children, taught kindergarten and first grade, middle school, and high school - mathematics, computer studies, ESL, and her first love, band, before retiring in 2001.
We enjoy sharing our travel experiences and providing the odd travel tip to friends, relatives, and visitors.