Dashing Through the Snow (Part 1)

Snow! One of the perks of living this far north is that it’s everywhere. Just an hour’s drive from our place in Seattle is a neat little mountain area called Snoqualmie.

We headed up there for a day trip over the NY break to check it out, test out the Jeep’s 4WD snow “function” … and take Moby for a romp!

Here’s what the drive looked like as we got into the mountains…

Pine trees wilting with snow… an iconic mark of winter in the Pacific Northwest.

Almost at Snoqualmie… ! 

Finally at the Pass…

Moby had the time of his life! And he didn’t even seem to be remotely cold.

       

Esh, freezing but smiling… 

Our car after about 20 minutes…    

On the way home, the highway (as usual) was chocked so we took a friendly snowy detour through some local backstreets:

Slow going, but beautiful!

As you can imagine, we spent the better part of this week stocking up on snow gear. Which is expensive. But I guess there’s no way around it.

So, even though there’s no beaches or summer sunshine here, there’s still a bit of fun to be had over the holidays.

Stay tuned for Part 2 – Skiing lessons!