Seattle is getting some rare snowy weather. When we moved to Austin, they had one of their hottest Septembers ever, so I guess it's only fitting that Seattle is colder and snowier than usual. Here are my pictures and Chris's pictures. Enjoy!
December 2008 Archives
Obviously we've been pretty busy, but here is the Final set of pictures.
We made a slight detour to visit the infamous blue field of Boise State. Unfortunately, we could not actually see the blue field even after circling the stadium. I could see the orange end zone through one gate, but the camera could not capture it. Anyway, I hope you stadium enthusiasts (Dad) and Boise State enthusiasts (Bill) are happy we did the drive by.
The rest of our drive was very pretty through the hills and mountains of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. We were happy to finally get to the house and set up our Aerobed.
We were even happier when our belongings came on Tuesday and we had a real bed to sleep in.
When we went to eat breakfast this morning, we found out that the road we had entered town on was closed down because of icy conditions. Luckily, the direction we were headed was all open.
Even though the road was open, there was a bad section I had to drive. It was cold and clear, but the wind was blowing lots of snow across the road and visibility was not very good. Chris took a video that is posted with our pictures from today. Luckily, the bad conditions lasted less than hour.
After that bad stretch, the drive was perfect. It was very cold again, but we were finally able to take advantage of the 75 mph speed limit.
Tomorrow, we finally hit Seattle!
As usual, I took the first driving shift. It was cold (mid 20s) and overcast, but there was no precipitation. Chris took over after lunch, and got stuck driving through varying degrees of snow all through Colorado. It slowed us down, but it could have been much worse.
The cold (down to 1 degree by the time we hit Laramie) hit the Prius hard, and we ended up only getting 40 mpg. Tomorrow should be warmer, so hopefully we'll bounce back.
I realized today that Chris is picking up quite a few states on this trip - Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, and Idaho. I already have all 50, so he's making a dent in my lead.
Here are a few more pictures from today.
We left the house just before 9 a.m. this morning. After dropping off the cable boxes and cable modem, we let the cats out of their carriers. This greatly improved their moods. Felix came up into the front and sat on the passenger's lap most of the day, while Oscar buried himself in blankets in the backseat.
The weather was really good for driving. It was in the 70s in Texas and dropped to the 30s in Kansas, but it was clear the entire drive.
The Prius started off with 50+ mpg, but when it got windy and colder (and Chris was driving), it dropped into the low to mid 40 mpg range.
We arrived in Newton, KS around 6 p.m. Felix is now chilling on the bed, and Oscar is chilling behind the bed. No big surprise there.
Chris posted a few pictures of our adventures today.
