I think we received about 4" of snow over the past week. It has been very cold and it was very windy on Wednesday night. I think we will see drifts in places, bare ground in places and icy spots.
Christmas Tree Cutting Weekends
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I'll be there again this year. Saturday the 12th. 8:30
97 Tacoma Reg Cab
Ch 4
KDODCU
97 Tacoma Reg Cab
Ch 4
KDODCU
Ugh, I won't be able to make it again. The people who tell me what to do seem to be hell bent on making me work only on the weekends I have other plans. I guess in this economy I am fortunate to be complaining about having to work weekends and not be sitting at home. Just sucks they keep bringing things up at the last minute. Found out I had to work saturday at 3:45 on friday. Bummer. And at Memorial hospital of all places.......will probably get sick to boot........
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The second weekend wrap up.
Saturday we had 8 people show up and ready to patrol. We broke into two groups with the group that had to leave early patrolling the South end. The weather was clear and warm. The North group (Molter, Hawkins, Grivey) headed up road 300 and had to make a short trip through roads 325,324 and 325 to verify the quality of the snow drifts. The group turned North and found a perfectly boring ride to the intersection of 300 and 327. The longing looks of the group as they peered down 327 was all that was necessary to realize that we had to go down this road. We started following new tracks through the 6" snow and then watched as it got to be 18" with lots of ruts to make piloting the old 'Cruiser challenging. We got down the road about a mile and half when the decision to turn back was made. Suddenly three trucks are heading my way and I don't think I can back up far enough to get to a turnout. It happened to be Justin and his friends. Now where to make this turn happen. I went another 100 ft. and then found a "wide spot" My turn sent me way up the hill to make enough width to get the ruck turned around. After a couple of dozen points in my turn and a little bit of shoveling I was headed out. I spent most of my time sliding sidewayas as the truck was looking for that all important bit of traction. I was at a point that I was only able to move the saame 6 feet over and over. There was a Heep stuck and breaking out the shovels. That is my hint to put on front chains. That made the difference and what a difference it was. We came blasting through and flinging snow all over on the way out. Next we went down 351 to see how thigs were going. We saw a couple of trucks with trailers that had driven in from 300 and were going out Rainbow falls. My family then saw the perfect tree. Don and Sam went up 347C and then 348 and back to 351. Meanwhile we saw another perfect tree and then another, oh ya, there is the perfect tree, then back to the first one. We filled our tree permit and now had 14 foot of tree bobbing along on the roof. The rest of the day was spent heading out 300. At the sledding hill Jeff had a story of hooking to a truck that he didn't pull and helping out a truck that he didn't hookto????? I am not going to figure that one out. The people did give a $40.00 donation though and that was very nice.
Sunday, I pulled into the Western gas stationand and needed a jump start. Wow, talk about embarrassing. David Hayes jumped my battery and got me to the auto parts store where I put in a new alternater. I was so late I missed the briefing and didn't know who was going where.I missed the regular group so I drove 314, 315, 320 roads. I headed up towards 327 because I left a muffler in the deep snow on Saturday. I made it to the 327 intersection but noticed that I was loosing coolant from the over flow. I turned around and made the 323, 324, loop. during that time I followed a mini van with chains that was having some issues. I know that it is like a vulture circling, but oh well. Along 300 we saw a minivan that was stuck on a side road. We gathered forces and got him out onto 300.
That wrapped up a very successful Christmas tree cutting weekends.
Thank you to all that helped.
David M
Saturday we had 8 people show up and ready to patrol. We broke into two groups with the group that had to leave early patrolling the South end. The weather was clear and warm. The North group (Molter, Hawkins, Grivey) headed up road 300 and had to make a short trip through roads 325,324 and 325 to verify the quality of the snow drifts. The group turned North and found a perfectly boring ride to the intersection of 300 and 327. The longing looks of the group as they peered down 327 was all that was necessary to realize that we had to go down this road. We started following new tracks through the 6" snow and then watched as it got to be 18" with lots of ruts to make piloting the old 'Cruiser challenging. We got down the road about a mile and half when the decision to turn back was made. Suddenly three trucks are heading my way and I don't think I can back up far enough to get to a turnout. It happened to be Justin and his friends. Now where to make this turn happen. I went another 100 ft. and then found a "wide spot" My turn sent me way up the hill to make enough width to get the ruck turned around. After a couple of dozen points in my turn and a little bit of shoveling I was headed out. I spent most of my time sliding sidewayas as the truck was looking for that all important bit of traction. I was at a point that I was only able to move the saame 6 feet over and over. There was a Heep stuck and breaking out the shovels. That is my hint to put on front chains. That made the difference and what a difference it was. We came blasting through and flinging snow all over on the way out. Next we went down 351 to see how thigs were going. We saw a couple of trucks with trailers that had driven in from 300 and were going out Rainbow falls. My family then saw the perfect tree. Don and Sam went up 347C and then 348 and back to 351. Meanwhile we saw another perfect tree and then another, oh ya, there is the perfect tree, then back to the first one. We filled our tree permit and now had 14 foot of tree bobbing along on the roof. The rest of the day was spent heading out 300. At the sledding hill Jeff had a story of hooking to a truck that he didn't pull and helping out a truck that he didn't hookto????? I am not going to figure that one out. The people did give a $40.00 donation though and that was very nice.
Sunday, I pulled into the Western gas stationand and needed a jump start. Wow, talk about embarrassing. David Hayes jumped my battery and got me to the auto parts store where I put in a new alternater. I was so late I missed the briefing and didn't know who was going where.I missed the regular group so I drove 314, 315, 320 roads. I headed up towards 327 because I left a muffler in the deep snow on Saturday. I made it to the 327 intersection but noticed that I was loosing coolant from the over flow. I turned around and made the 323, 324, loop. during that time I followed a mini van with chains that was having some issues. I know that it is like a vulture circling, but oh well. Along 300 we saw a minivan that was stuck on a side road. We gathered forces and got him out onto 300.
That wrapped up a very successful Christmas tree cutting weekends.
Thank you to all that helped.
David M
