Good morning gentlemen.

Had a great time in the Olympics, yesterday - and I did use my snowshoes! Hiked up the Skokomish River Trail. Covered a total of 10.7 miles - three of them on snowshoes. Climbed 1,162 feet. Saw no on else until I was 1/4 mile from the car on the way back.

It is 24 degrees, this morning. That's the coldest we have had this winter. The forecasts for the next few days are all over the place. We are predicted to get from 3 to 20 inches of snow. Depends on whose model is being used. We are supposed to get snow, starting tomorrow morning and until Friday morning, then another heavier wave Saturday and Sunday. Real issue, here, is that there is a lack of snow removal equipment to deal with the roads - an almost no one has snow blowers for driveways and sidewalks. It's all my fault, for declaring that it looked like this year would be snow-free.