It's been a while since we've gotten around to a post, but being on the front page deserves a mention. Scott Wagar from the Bottineau Courant (my hometown newspaper) did a very nice article about our trip. The thumbnails on the right link to the two parts of the article (we were continued on A4).

It's been a crazy winter to be living up here on Snoqualmie Pass. We recently got over 10 feet of snow in two weeks. We're well on our way to having a record-snowfall year, and both the skiing and the road conditions have reflected that. Washington State Department of Transportation has a really interesting graph going that shows snowfall and closures for the last six years. We've been stuck up here off and on. But we've also had some fantastic powder days. The ski area's photo of the day gallery and the Hyak Flikr account (Hyak is the community we live in) show some of the craziness... everything from the end of January up to mid-February shows us pretty much buried. We'll see what's still to come from La Nina.

Being back and at work hasn't always been a super-smooth transition, but we're figuring it out. Trev's busy planning a spring Central Cascades Traverse ski tour that he's been dreaming of for years. Stay tuned for more on that one. I'm taking a math class at BCC, and working on getting accepted to graduate school. I'm hoping to start a Master in Teaching program this year.

As for continued blogging... we're not sure what we want to do with the blog just yet. In the beginning we set out to keep friends and family posted on the big trip, but now we're back and feel like we should be doing that by actual two-way interaction with our loved ones. But we both enjoyed the writing part of keeping a blog, so we may have some spin-offs in the works, once we decide if we have anything to say.