Amanda, Tom and the girls came to Seattle yesterday, and this morning they left SeaTac very early for a vacation in Costa Rica and Nicaragua. They will be gone almost two weeks. This trip has been in planning for over a year. They're going with their friends Michael, Gina and their two kids. I have to hand it to them, traveling that far with four children all under the age of 8.
But I'm sure they will have a great time and some memorable adventures. When they land in Liberia, Costa Rica later today it will be 90 degrees. Quite a drastic change from the frozen solid Methow Valley.
Speaking of weather, it's lucky they came over yesterday, as this morning all the mountain passes are closed for ice and avalanches. On the news, the WASHDOT spokesman said the mountains received 30 inches of snow earlier in the week, then another 50 inches in the last couple of days. Can that be right? A mind-boggling amount of snow.
And now the Pineapple Express (atmospheric river) arrived from the southern Pacific, raising the snow level to 7,000 feet today. That means flooding. The (almost) tropical rain is coming down in sheets this morning, and it made quick work of the remaining snow and ice in our yard. What a winter.
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