February continues with more rain, after one of wettest
January’s on record. Saturday, 01FEB,
more rain & more rain until about 430PM when it turns to snow. Dan’s niece Marisa, and sons Jaxson & Eli
stop by in the morning to meet Corrie for snowshoe session w/national forest
ranger at Stevens Pass. The weather
there not too bad at pass level, but windy.
They all return to house for homemade soup w/bread, butter & cheese;
Marisa & boys get on road home just before rain turns to snow.
Saturday’s snow resulted in good skiing conditions for Dan on
Monday. Upon his return to house, learn
of babysitter needed for grandson Mason because of illness. So he packed overnight bag & set off on
unplanned trip to east Bremerton; to return home Tuesday evening.
Sunday, 09FEB, after non-stop rain, finally some sunshine. Because of almost daily rain since the new
year, the ground is saturated & cannot absorb any more water; causing
standing water on our driveway (which has never happened). During the few rain breaks Dan finishes gate
“art” project for Corrie; & Corrie crafted some “flowers” made of goodwill
purchases & rebar for flower beds.
Monday
was a sunny day; so Dan & friend Rich Formisano went to Stevens Pass Ski; while
Corrie & Jan Formisano went shopping.
Tuesday, 18FEB, first entirely sunny day since 30NOV!!! Dan goes skiing. After skiing Dan picks up one ton of 5/8
minus rock for the floor of Corrie’s “greenhouse”, which we had recently moved
& placed on a pressure treated foundation at end of January. Then we unload the rock into the greenhouse.
Saturday AM, 22FEB, Dan is off to SeaTac airport to pick up son
Joe & Zack Chiasson (Bethany’s brother) who will be here for one week of
snowboarding.
First stop is Pancake Chef
for food, last visited AUG2012. After getting
to house the boys take off to pick up rental equipment.
https://thepancakechef.net/
Upon their return, they (& Corrie) decide to drive to
Rebecca & Raymonds to visit & go hiking tomorrow. While Corrie can get her grandkid fix. Dan & dogs are left at homeL Sunday Dan doesn’t do much; Joe & Zack go
hiking in the rain w/Pitres; while Corrie shops. Corrie & boys return to the house that
evening.
Monday AM Joe, Zack & Dan heads to Stevens Pass Ski; late opening
but good day of skiing. Tuesday was a
great day of skiing at Stevens; great grooming & sunshine. Wednesday Dan went to Habitat for Humanity; while
the boys go boarding & visit Leavenworth, WA. They were going to night ski but day warms-up
& snow gets slushy, so they head home.
Thursday, 27FEB, great day & night skiing for Joe, Zack
& Dan at Stevens. Friday Joe &
Zack last day of snowboarding. Dan stays
home, mows & works in yard before rain returns.
Saturday (leap day) Dan takes Joe & Zack sightseeing in
Seattle, before they catch their flights out.
Park next to Seattle Center & first stop Museum of Pop Culture (aka
MoPop). Formally known as Experience
Music Project (EMP Museum). Last visited
in 2014.
https://theryanrvexpress.blogspot.com/2014/07/11-20jun14-sultan-wa-full-house-wkids.html
http://www.empmuseum.org/
Then ride monorail downtown for quick walking tour of Pioneer
Square;
Pier 54 & Ivars Fish Bar (used to be Ivars Acres of Clams?) for
lunch;
then next door to Ye Olde Curiosity Shop & visit Sylvester;
walk waterfront to Seattle’s Public Market (Zack not a fan of
the gum wall);
finally back to monorail returning to car & on to SeaTac
airport. Dan heads back home for some
well-deserved rest!
Wednesday, new years day, more rain to start new year offL Our daughter Rebecca drops grandsons Jaxson
& Mason off to spend two days with us.
Thursday we take grandkids to the Snohomish Aquatic Center. As there website says:
“This facility has everything aquatic under
one roof - swim lessons, surfing, diving, water
play, recreational
swim, competitive swim and water fitness classes. The Snohomish Aquatic Center is a
52,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility owned and operated by the
Snohomish School District. It includes a
competition pool, a
dive
area, wibit
floating play structure, recreation pool,
hot tub,
spray-play area,
zero-entry area, surf-simulation machine (FlowRider),
lazy river, and the Splashtacular
waterslide.”
https://www.sno.wednet.edu/Domain/24
After that it was a late lunch at Denny’s. we didn’t know it but Denny’s is one of their
favorites places to eat? Jaxson finished
off a kids breakfast slam & large size chicken sandwich!
Friday afternoon, 03JAN, after Corrie finishes errands, we load up
grandkids & their luggage & head to Edmonds ferry to take them
home. Saturday (Jaxson’s b-day), after
breakfast he opened his presents. After that
we departed back to our house. After getting
off the ferry we stopped at Waroeng Jajanan for lunch. It was so busy there was no parking, so
Corrie went & got our food to go. Excellent
food!
Waroeng Jajanan is establish since March
2012, is an Indonesian Restaurant dedicated to providing Authentic Indonesian
flavors to the people of America. The name is derived from the Indonesian terms
‘Waroeng’,
which refers to a street-side stall, booth or shop, and ‘Jajanan’,
which is slang for treats or snacks but could also refer to anything that one
buys for fun. It is run by a husband-and-wife duo of Indonesian natives who
grew up with Indonesian cuisine and know the country’s signature dishes by
heart. Not only does it offer a variety of delicious menu items, it also has a
grocery store with a wide selection of Indonesian-made frozen meals.
https://www.waroengjajanan.com/
Thursday, 09JAN, wake up to light dusting of snow in yard,
w/snow flurries coming down. Dan goes
skiing at Steven Pass first time this season.
Snow stops around lunch w/one inch accumulation in yard & on decks –
more snow expected over night. Seattleites starting to freak after last
February’s snow-pocalypse (see below BLOG link). Friday wake up to two inches of wet snow on
deck. Dan buys road salt, fixes snow
shovel, & shovels decks; no real snow issues yet?
https://theryanrvexpress.blogspot.com/2019/02/01-28feb19-sultan-wa-snow-pocalypse-or.html
Saturday AM, 11JAN, Dan heads to Edmonds ferry & babysitting
grandkids in east Bremerton. Turns out grandson
Mason has pink eyeL; hopefully it will clear up by Sunday before Monday
school. Mason’s pink eye doesn’t clear
up, so Sunday AM Dan heads back to our house in Sultan to pack for a long,
undetermined, stay at Rebecca & Raymond’s because Mason is not getting any
betterL? Of course significant snow supposed to arrive
Monday AM; & Corrie & dogs will be on their own in SultanL?
Monday wake up to barely on inch of wet snow in Bremerton, but
back home Corrie has to deal with nine inches of snow. To Dan there are no real issues with driving
in Bremerton (just wet road w/no ice or slush?) but no school today. Tuesday, 14JAN, wake up to dusting of snow
but schools still cancelled. Corrie
dealing with a foot of snow & power outages. Dan starts making preps for departure
tomorrow if Raymond or Rebecca’s work is cancelled?
Wednesday AM minimal new snow but streets are iced. Rebecca leaves for work, Raymond sent home
from work. Dan tries to leave but can’t
get up small hill at entrance to subdivision.
Tries again 45 minutes later & succeeds. Roads are ok w/lite traffic; ferry pretty
empty. Rather than risk trying to drive
the Fiesta to our house, Dan parks Fiesta at Red Apple Grocery because Reiner
road icy w/few downed trees. Corrie
picks him up with the truck. Also our
driveway still full of snow – ok for our truck but not small econo car. Strong winds that afternoon blowing gusting
snow everywhere! Then we lose power for
half hour, so Dan gets generator prep-ed for possible longer periods of no
power.
Thankfully snow is followed by warmer weather & rain. This causes sloppy conditions (especially our
yard), but all the snow is gone by 19JAN.
Turns out this January was one of wettest on record, w/only one day of
sunshineL Rest of our month spent on straightening trees “bent”
by the heavy snow, picking all the broken branches & other yard debris from
the snow; Habitat for Humanity; skiing; dealing with sick dog (Rocket); etc.
