Mocking the Townies

I absolutely love the snow, so Saturday's big snowstorm made me giddy! I grew a little concerned, though, as the snow piled higher and higher, wondering if I was going to make it to church in the morning. On any other weekend, I probably would have just hunkered down and stayed home, but Sunday was our big Christmas program and I was singing a solo! The weather reports stated that in Wenatchee the snow would turn to freezing rain over night causing extremely slick conditions and the snow in Waterville, which had already completely buried our Jeep, didn't appear to be slowing. A friend of mine who lives up the Colockum called with similar concerns and we agreed to keep in contact with each other in case we heard anything from the church.

Sunday morning, I hadn't heard anything, but the roads in town were being plowed and I knew that Pine Canyon was probably being plowed as well, so I resolved to make the trek down the hill. Unfortunately, Adam was sick, so I was going to have to go by myself. He used what little energy he had to shovel a path and disentomb the Jeep while I was getting ready and I set off early, driving slowly, hoping I wouldn't collect any impatient drivers behind me.

Thankfully, I was able to follow a snowplow down the canyon. It was extremely slick, as I expected, but by the time I reached Orondo, the roads were bare and wet! I easily made it to church in time for our final rehearsal as did my Colockum buddy! She told me that her drive was quite scary because she and her little Subaru Forester had to literally plow their own path for miles through two feet of snow before they reached the main road below. Another friend managed to arrive on time after driving all the way from Tall Timbers in Lake Wenatchee, which apparently has about seven feet of snow! Amazingly, several of the musicians who live in town arrived late due to the weather, which, as you can imagine, prompted a hearty mocking from us out-of-towners.