Snow, snow, snow

We are still buried in snow! Several more inches fell this week and two more storms are on the way. Actual snowplows are plowing up and piling up snow along the streets in Sedro-Woolley. You just don't see this every winter. The high winds last Saturday night blew a lot of snow off the rooftops and trees in town, but much of that snow was replaced in the next snowfall on Sunday nite. The snow is still knee-high in most yards.

Last Friday was a beautiful day with blue skies and cold weather. The streets remained icy but many people got out to visit the downtown area. I did a few errands and I took a picture of the Hammer Heritage Square clock tower. One of the best things Sedro-Woolley ever did was to create this lovely and distinctive town square. If you haven't been back to visit lately, you'll be in for a nice surprise!

Our monthly coffee hour for Class of 71 is next Tuesday, December 30th, from 5ish to 7ish at Common Ground on the Pease Road in Burlington. We'd love to see you there!

A Lot of SNOW today

Most of you will remember that Sedro-Woolley gets some snow in the winter...but it is infrequent and a big bunch of it is quite rare. We had a little snow last Saturday, the 13th. Not a pretty snow but it covered most everything. Then it turned to black ice and did some melting yesterday.

Today, we got about 9 inches (depending on where you measure). More than this town can handle. There is almost no traffic, except for those manly 4WD pickups (and a few GEOs). One Subaru wagon went by, covered with snow, but the window behind the driver was rolled down so a Chocolate Lab could stick his head out.

Here are a couple of photos. It's still snowing!

The Sedro-Woolley "Magic of Christmas" parade was today. 5:00 p.m. Light rain. Dark night. Well-attended.

The tree is still placed in the center of downtown, at the intersection of Metcalf and Woodworth. It becomes a traffic round during the holidays.

Bill Stendal was the grand marshal of the parade. The SW Museum entered their vintage truck. A group from the Senior Center paraded with lighted umbrellas. The SWHS band sounded great - all the musicians wore strings of lights and a Santa hat or antlers or something festive. Even the Four-On-The-Floor 4-H club marched in the parade. Santa arrived on schedule. Because it's darn dark here at 5 p.m. in the winter, almost everyone wore strings of battery-operated lights - even some of the dogs!

The darkness made it difficult to take photos but here are a few:

SW Museum's vintage truck

Ruth Gross, Jim's mom.

Kay Brown, my first grade teacher.

SWHS Band percussion section.