The last week before Christmas Break some Artic Air decended on the Columbia Gorge and we got snow and then more snow and more and more. It was so fantastic. We had late starts for school 3 days in a row, then they cancelled school the last 2 days before break. It was wonderful. Carlie LOVES the snow. She would have played in it all day long if I had let her. There was so much snow they shut down the gorge (I-84) several times and Corey put chains on my car. Now I know that a few feet on snow seems minor to those of you from places it snows regularly, BUT in The Dalles this is the most snow we have seen in years! The grocery stores ran out of essentials like milk, bread, butter, etc. It was pretty crazy. A lot of the snow has melted now and the streets are clear in town, but the snow stayed around for about 3 weeks. I love driving on snow packed roads. Usually Oregon gets this wet, yucky snow. This snow storm was the dry, fluffy, powdery stuff you get in Utah - love it!
That really is a lot of snow! It looks like Carlie loved it!
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