To Central Oregon & Back

This past weekend Wendy and I went to visit my sis down in Sisters OR. We took a few pictures on the way down and a coupe on the way back, so I wanted to share.

A wind farm just south of the OR/WA border – lots of generators out there on Hwy 97. Pretty cool.

One of the mountains in view.

And another…

Neat old building in the middle of a field.

The Three Sisters – part of the view my Sis gets every time she leaves home to head to town.

This is Mt. Adams, I think. Another part of the view.

Broken Top.

Three Finger Jack.

T.F.J. and Black Butte.

 

A panoramic of most of them, Three Finger Jack and Black Butte are off to the right. The camera had a limit on how many frames I could use for the stitch process. :( Linked to a very large version…

Sophia fell asleep on Wendy on the way home.

West Seattle Winters

Well, over here in the little part of Seattle called "West Seattle" the snow has fallen, and then the temperature dropped into the 20's. So we have a great deal of ice on the roadways making navigation a tricky business. There are some drivers that know what they are doing, and others that have no clue what to do.

Having dedicated snow tires is a definite plus. Traction exists as long as I can keep tires on stuff that isn't wet-topped sheet ice. If there's any roughness to it, and it isn't in the sun, then navigating it hasn't been to much of a problem yet. There are areas where you have to be REALLY gentle, and use the brakes rather than back-pressure to slow down, otherwise the tail tries to overtake the nose.

I've heard that there were supposed to be plows out, but I haven't seen signs of any plows yet. There was one lane of the downhill run on 35th that was sanded, but it didn't look like the uphill run had been sanded. Hopefully it will be better by the time we are heading uphill after Wendy is done with her bell choir this morning. If not, I'll be putting the chains on the car to get home. I think we should go to the Farmers Market first though. Since a bunch of the vendors have shown up, then we should do our best to make it worthwhile for them.

That's all for this morning, I'm just relaxing at a little coffee-house called "Hotwire" here on California Avenue north of the Alaska Junction. The West Seattle Blog had a coupon book, so I got a free coffee to enjoy while Wendy was busy with bells.

4pm Update - here are a few photos from our evening walk in the snow. These were all from the first few minutes, as it started to come down quite heavy, and I packed the camera into my coat to keep it dry.

Wendy & Sophia, ready for the walk:

A few neighbors porches:

A couple of snow-laden bushes:

Playing with your pets.

Just a few snapshots of our dear little friends of the furry kind. Hope you enjoy. :)

Sophia sleeping with a stuck lip. So cute.


Ensconced deep within her snugglesack.


Growling and tugging away with a mouth full of her stuffed hedgehog.


Imp pretending to be a piece of garden art, hoping the birds will just ignore her.


Imp dressed in the latest fall fashion... She really was not happy with me for a few minutes this time.