| This Saturday we were just sitting around
wondering what to do and decided it was time to run up to Snoqualmie Pass
and check out the snow pack. Traffic wasn't bad until about 5 miles from
the summit, then things turned real nasty. Snow was falling pretty heavily
and traffic was backed up and creeping at 3 or 4 miles per hour. Of course
until you reach the summit, there are no exits - no changing your mind
at this point - you are going to the top. The exits were worse than I90
- they were at a complete standstill. By the time we reached the summit,
traffic in the inside lanes had started to move along at about 30 to 40
miles per hour, so we changed our mind again and decided a faster turn
around would be to go on over the pass - even if it meant going to Ellensberg
- rather than sit in those standstill lines at the exits. We didn't have
to go over the pass though because we found the Gold Creek Exit wide open.
The side roads were pretty much full of cars and trucks with trailers
for hauling snowmobiles. This is a very popular area for snowmobiles and
cross-country skiers and today was an excellent day for it. Here we are
a week into spring and the snow pack in the mountains seems to be increasing.
Where else but in Washington
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