Let it Snow!
Hey Folks,
A lot has changed since my last post, well…at least landscape wise things have changed. Saturday and Sunday we have large snow dumps, and are now sitting in almost a foot of snow, with another 2-3 inches coming today. This provided for much excitement around town, as always comes with the first snow of the season. Now, this isn’t the first snow that Nome has seen since we’ve been here, but it is the first snow to last more than a few days, and to accumulate this much. There were zipping sounds all over the city as people started to dust off their snow machines which haven’t seen much action since May last year. Even though almost everyone in town and their dog (including myself) got on a snow machine Sunday afternoon, although there still werent very many places to ride. Because of wind, the snow coverage was pretty sparse in spots, especially on the tundra which is the snow machine link out of town. So, now its not to uncommon to see snow machines sitting outside grocery stores, and in parking lots.
Something that I took from spending most of my formative years in Seattle, is that when it snows you either close the entire city down….or you run into parked cars while driving. Remarkably, neither of the two happened! The roads here are all ice, (an inch thick at that) and I’ve been trying to learn to drive on winter roads. The city has been working feverishly on getting the *snow* off the roads, which in itself is quite the task. Yesterday we had 4 foot high snow medians in the middle of the roads. I’ve also learned how great it is to four-wheel in the snow. Its not a big deal to fishtail in a four-wheeler like it is in a truck or car, its pretty fun. You can tackle snowdrifts with ease…most of the time. On Sunday I did get stuck twice, and required quite a bit of manual labor to get myself out. Oh well, I’m from Seattle. When Lon, Neil and I were done playing in the snow Sunday afternoon, we all came inside and had hot chocolate. (see pictures of the first snow here).
Things at the station have been going well so far this week. Monday I was able to have Jordan Haymond on the air with us during the Edge, and that was lots of fun (listen here). I keep finding new music to add, and I try to stay on the cutting edge of Christian music currents. Yesterday I was listening to the web-cast of Spirit 105.3, seeing what they were playing and listening to see how we stack up.
I’ve been thinking of Seattle more lately, and have been reminiscent over the past few days of our life that we left behind when we came up here. Camp this summer was one of the greatest experiences Lydia & I have had, and we sure miss our friends both from camp, and from Kent. I continue to be amazed at how God has blessed us in the past, and I know he is doing something great with and through us right now….its very exciting. But as is second nature for both Lydia and I, the future is already in the back of our minds…
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