Whew, what a wild last two weeks of weather we have had!! This is the worst Salem/Keizer has seen since the huge snow and flood of 1968. Even over Christmas, there were people still without power. We were one of the fortunate ones who didn’t lose power, but there were several thousand who were (and still are) affected.
Even with the snowy/icy weather, we had a fun Christmas. On Christmas Eve, we got together with Ken’s brother’s families for a couple hours of eating and visiting. We all (except one brother) live in the same town and seem to only get together once a year (everyone is soooo busy). Anyhow, we had a fun time getting caught up on the latest happenings and especially meeting our new (2 mths old) great-nephew, Andrew. What a cutie he is!! Tom and Allison are going to have sooooo much fun with him next Christmas!!
Later on Christmas Eve, Ken & I went to our daughter’s place where she and her husband (Leigh and Tim) and their children (Lauren, Justin, Jessica) and their significant others (Ryan, Holly, Luis) along with all the itty bitties (our great grandkids) got together to swap gifts and watch the little ones open their presents from ALL of us. The 6 month old (Meila) slept through the whole thing, but Adri (1 ½ ) EZ (2 ½) and Noah (5 ½) were like little tornadoes opening their goodies. The pictures are our itty bitties.... aren't they adorable? Of course that is what any great grandmother would say (right?).
Meila finally woke up!
Adri opens up a present.
EZ poses for GGpa.
Noah sits waiting for more.
Christmas Day, we went to 8:30 mass and celebrated the birth of our Lord, then later in the afternoon, we again gathered together at our daughter’s for a Christmas Feast. All of us were well fed and many pounds heavier (at least it felt like it) when we headed home for the evening.
We were still getting some snow/rain showers on Christmas, but things got much better on the 26th. Ken and I drove north to Camping World in Wilsonville and had our tow hookup installed on the new Jeep. After we got back in Salem, we met our BFF’s (Lynda & Rod) over some great Pizza. It is going to be a long time before we see them again, so we had to get in one last "pizza fix" with them before heading back to AZ. Later that evening, we finished packing up what we needed to take, and readying the house for the winter.
This morning, we had a couple errands to run, but were out of Salem by 9:30. We were quite surprised that the roads were virtually clear of snow until we got near Grants Pass. Can’t say the same for rain, we were getting rained on all the way to Redding, CA. The Siskiyous was a snap (some slush), but we did get snow in the higher elevation and had snow/rain mix from Weed to Redding. After Redding, it was just clouds and no rain.
We pulled into Corning, CA around 4:30 and stopped for a bite to eat and decided to get a room and stay the night. We are now safely housed at the local Best Western and just relaxing. Tomorrow is going to be a long day because we hope to make it across I-80 and through Nevada before stopping again. We will see what happens.
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