Snow and more snow!

This post is for the young'uns who get excited by a snowfall in the Pacific Northwest. I always thought snow was great when I grew up in Washington. My dad would shake his head and mutter under his breath. Little did we know I would spend a large part of my life in Alaska. Here are a few pictures for the young ones who may not get to experience an Alaskan winter.

I work downtown and walk 2-3 blocks to the office from where I park my car. The walk is partially across a park area where we have the choice of walking on the sidewalk or across the park (where we'd be walking on grass in the summer time).

The snow is deep enough that the path across the park is a couple feet above the sidewalk level. Someone was recently kind enough to sculpt some stairs making it so much easier to take the shortcut across the park. The steps make the descent from the path to the sidewalk reasonable rather than taking a slide and hoping for the best!

If you want to get a feel for the depth of the snow, here's a photo of a waste receptable that's useful in the summer time. There is a bench next to it, but the snow is higher than the back of the bench.

At home, I can hardly thrown a shovelful of snow to the top of the snowbank. Here's what it looks like from the driveway and the sidewalk.


I still enjoy snow and all its beauty. Come visit if you're as fascinated by lots of snow as I once was!