Rain turns to snow with 18 wheelers chaining up

At 7:30 I let the cats out at home.  It was cool, but fine.  I decided to curl up back in bed and re-awoke at 8:30 with the rain streaming down the windows and the wind whipping everything up.  A front had come through.  I managed to get both cats happily back inside, showered and headed up the mountain in the driving rain.  I find it is hard work to drive a big vehicle like a Highlander and keep it from hydroplaning.  By the time I reached the Barlow Trail historic sign the rain was starting to turn to snow.  I made it easily in to the Ranch via Still Creek campground road. 

Bobby, Todd, Johnny and Mikey were hard at work.  Jack was on duty as well, but in the course of the morning he up-chunked, having gotten into something that upset his stomach.  He hung close to Mikey and even found comfort in my pats.  Not his usual self.

The crew is working on framing out the interior main floor windows.  They are really beautiful.  Only the trapazoids haven’t been started on.  Todd says he expects to have all  the downstairs window frames finished today.

The rain, by now was really snow and was starting to stick.  Johnny was calking the transition in the Great Room between the wall and the ceiling on a high ladder.

It is the first snow at the Project where I could watch…nicely warm. I heated up my left over pizza in the garage and watched the end of Perry Mason.  There was close to an inch of snow on the ground by now and I decided an exit strategy was prudent.

I left Todd with my extensive list of things left to do and rolled out.  The Highlander isn’t especially good in the snow so I took the road towards Trillium Lake.  Managed to pull onto Highway 26 with no problems and proceeded to make it back down the mountain at 20 miles per hour, seeing the big rigs stopping to chain up at every pull out. By the time I reached Welches it was back to rain and by the time I was back at my casa the windshield wipers were off.  By the time I decided on a post-white knuckle nap at home, the sun was shining.  

It is the first snow at the Project where I could watch…nicely warm. I heated up my left over pizza in the garage and watched the end of Perry Mason.  There was close to an inch of snow on the ground by now and I decided an exit strategy was prudent.  

I left Todd with my extensive list of things left to do and rolled out.  The Highlander isn’t especially good in the snow so I took the road towards Trillium Lake.  Managed to pull onto Highway 26 with no problems and proceeded to make it back down the mountain at 20 miles per hour, seeing the big rigs stopping to chain up at every pull out. By the time I reached Welches it was back to rain and by the time I was back at my casa the windshield wipers were off.  By the time I decided on a post-white knuckle nap at home, the sun was shining.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Detail of finished window

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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