As we hit the road we were in the middle of a beautiful NW snow storm with 8-10 inches already falling by the time we got on the road. We spent the entire drive (about 100 miles) to the cabin in 4wd. Not my quickest run over Stevens Pass but at least there was no traffic! We made it to the cabin with out any issues thanks to the trusty Garmin Street Pilot.
The cabin was beautiful it's parked on the edge of the river and surrounded with a couple feet of snow. In the four days we stayed there we had close to a foot of new snow every night – which was perfect!
Once got situated we entertained ourselves by going sledding, throwing snowballs at Dad and the dog, sitting in the hot tub, eating obsessively and visiting Plain Hardware (www.plainhardware.com/) – that place had some of the best coffee around! Though parking was interesting with all the snowmobiles coming in and out of the parking lot. Friday morning the boys (and Diane) headed out early to Mountain Springs Lodge (www.mtsprings.com/) for a day of snowmobiling with our own guide.
On Saturday we also ran about 40 minutes up the road to the town of Leavenworth to do the Christmas touristy thing – the drive would have been 30 minutes but I had the pleasure of circling back to pulling my dad's new Tahoe out of the fresh snow bank – sorry Dad I couldn’t leave that part out! I will admit it wasn’t really his fault so for “pride’s sake” we’ll blame the snow plow.
Sunday morning we awoke to more fresh snow and worked our way back down the pass back home.
A few other tidbits from this trip:
1. I love owning a 4wd – it made the roadtrip in the snow pretty stress free
2. Always bring more than one drink to the hot tub because you have quite a quandary if you don’t want to get out in the snow to grab another one.
3. This one's important guys....don’t jump a snowmobile with your wife sitting on the back!
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