12/15/08 - Lake Oswego
12/15/08 - Downtown Portland (Blue Moon - sweet bar) So moving out of OR has been great. The advantages of AZ definitely outweight everything that OR has to offer. But this week, Portland got hit with a huge snow/ice storm and it took me back, maybe cause a week ago I was still wearing shorts and sandles in AZ. For some reason every winter Portland has a few days where the city basically shuts down from a combination of ice/snow. I've had some pretty interesting adventures during these days but thats for another post. This is a reflection of winters in OR...
- The obvious, snow in town means snow on the mountain. I still get a daily snow report from Mt. Hood. They opened last weekend, only a partial opening, but still open nonetheless. Sunrise is opening Friday 12/19 and I'm sure Snowbowl isn't far behind so not all is lost!
- Living an hour from Mt. Hood so I could wake up in the morning drive to the mountain, spend a weekday there(checking e-mail via phone every so often of course), and be home before sunset.
- Watching buses go sliding down hills covered in ice on the news. I've never experienced this myself which is probably why I think it's hilarous. Why do bus drivers think they can make it down steep hills covered in ice when cars can't? Do a YouTube search for Portland + Ice storm, it's worth it.
- Getting a free "Working From Home" day cause it's too dangerous to drive on the road. I don't have kids, so a snow day is still fun. We won't tell Intel I have 4 wheel drive and would have been fine. But i've learned driving in the snow/ice is more about the other people on the road then you...
- Snowball fights - nuff said.
- Snowmen - a little scary. Kinda like Scarecrows. But still fun to make. I have a pic of this from 2 years ago somewhere. I made one with some kids that lived down the street, it only lasted a day or so but was pretty sweet. I'll do some searching I think I took time lapse pics...
- Knowing that in 24 to 48 hours all this snow would be gone and I wouldn't have to deal with it in town anymore.
Anyone for a trip to the snow?
FOUND IT!!!
