Brave Horatio is getting another side table!
We had snow last weekend (Thursday through Monday). Fifteen inches here in Olympia. Down in Oregon they had a whopper of an ice storm with freezing rain followed by an abrupt thaw.
We enjoyed our snowfall, made snow creatures, visited with neighbors at a front porch cocktail party (it’s a long porch and we put in a couple infrared heaters), and kept an eye on the weather reports.
Starting solo 
Gathering strength 
One tall snowgentleman
But he lost his head 
and became a shorter stouter snowgentleman 
We can rebuild him. We have the technology.
Snowcaterpillars never lose their heads 
They slowly transform… 
over time…. 
and finally metamorphose 
Somewhere there’s a snowbutterfly
We didn’t know if we’d be able to make it to Eugene, but the weather cooperated.
We made our target and hit the road just before six am with masks, coffee and Perfect bars. Melting snow on the roadside, but clear, wet roads.
I love driving while the sun is coming up. Watching the morning light grow in the cloudless sky as we drove past miles and miles of trees with shattered branches was amazing. It was a clear, crisp, beautiful day and the contrast to the devastated trees was stark. We’ve had ice storms in Oly in the past, but this one hit farther south.
Shattered branches nearly to Salem.
Havoc from the ice storm closed rest areas just when we wanted them. Miles and miles of closed rest areas. Among the shattered trees in the parking areas were two crushed cars. Beautiful. Devastating. Power.
Oregon Trail’r and Brave Horatio
We pulled into Oregon Trail’r about ten o’clock and were warmly received by Jon and Sawyer. These guys are the best. Just the best.
Brave Horatio fit right in among the Do-Drops and Terradrops (original and Alpha) being created. I think I counted 12 trailers under construction. I love the possibilities inherent in spaces like this.
In addition to getting us set up with our new side table, Jon and Sawyer upgraded the brackets for our original side table just to be nice.
I was so involved in looking around the shop and chatting that I forgot to take pictures. Luckily they made a great video (one of several). Enjoy!