the tag on this one read: big gap, which i thought said, big crap.

gap, crap, it had our names all over it.
joren, coco and big crap, all dressed up.

and we all thought i had a big pie hole

portland got some of the white stuff

and it shut this town down for about, i don't know, ten days. i think there's a total of 3.7 snow plows in the greater metro area.

the upside, cross country skiing out your front door. and i'm not even going to mention the fun to be had regarding the back door.

baby jesus would want us to skip church on christmas...

to do a little snowshoeing. of course he would.

reconnoitering in the snow. always reconnoitering.

lava tubes, aka 'the ape caves'

no apes. just drippy and dark and a rogue poo on the side of the trail. true. also, not mine. the lava tubes were as craggly and inhospitable as i imagine my fallopians to be.