Quiet times are coming!

 The Ice Park is winding down, so we're looking forward to about six weeks of being able to park in front of the post office, getting into restaurants without waiting, driving through town at the speed limit instead of 10 mph.  

It's snowing lightly as I write this, and we're at 122 inches for the season.  It's a lot.  Mike and I went snowshoeing this morning, and the breathtaking quiet was broken only by the sound of snowshows on crunchy snow and a backcountry avalanche.  

Bear meadow:  I wonder how tall that tree in
the foreground really is

These are pictures from the back of our house.  Speaking of avalanches...

We're all mesmerized by these 
curved icicles

Coming soon to a roof near you....

When I hung the Christmas ornaments on the tree outside, I didn't think through how I was going to get them off.  They will have to stay until the melt.


Four o'clock this morning, we all woke up to a fox barking outside Greg's bedroom window.  He/she was really loud!

And finally, since Chimene and Arnold's driveway was snow blown, we walked up to take a look.  Lots o'snow!

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