So this week has been much more R&R than anticipated as we've essentially been trapped for 3 days in our house due to an insane snow system that came through Seattle.
It all started on Sunday, see above. Don't laugh...this was just the beginning. Over the course of only a couple hours on Sunday, we had 3 inches of snow. It was a mess. By Seattle standards, 3 inches of snow has the ability to shut down the city. Monday brought a little bit more snow but not a ton. By Tuesday, we started to get rapid amounts again around lunch. Justin and I ran to Costco and Whole foods and they were empty. It was sort of awesome to have Costco all to ourselves.
Ashley made it in safe and sound Tuesday night before the big storm hit Wednesday. We woke up wednesday to predicted amounts of snowfall of 5-8 inches. I didn't really believe we'd get that much snow but yep, we sure did. EVERYTHING was shut down, the airport was closed, the roads were a disaster. This was snow day #1.5. We hung out, watched it snow, played games, ate.
Wednesday we did decide to leave the house to go to the gym for our sanity. Justin has 4 wheel drive so we figured we could make it. We did.
No one was going in or out of our neighborhood, though. It was dead.
As were the freeways... middle of the day in a work week and the freeways were completely empty. It was sort of weird.
Thursday, we all expected things to get better. Nope. Not only did we get more SNOW, we got a massive ice storm. So Thursday actually ended up being WORSE than Wednesday as far as shutdowns and roads go. For our activity of the day to maintain our sanity, we went on a walk through the snow around Kirkland. It was pretty (and cold and slippery) but nice to get out of the house.
A picture of the ice build up... insanity.
Driving around we saw cars like this all over the road (well, at least wednesday). Justin trained a couple of clients last night and said that the roads were the worst he's ever seen them. And saw cars like this all over the road. It took him 45 minutes to go 5 miles. We are pretty lucky in that we've had our power the whole time... most people have not been so fortunate.
Today we are expected to warm up so hopefully all of this snow will met. Of course a massive rain storm is on the way which means, flooding! Ashley is really hoping things improve as it's her last full day in Seattle and she has things to do to secure a move up here... that definitely don't get done by having snow days inside the house! Cross your fingers that this is the last of the snow we see here...until next year...
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