Sunday, April 20, 2008
Like they say, "April snows bring...."
Snow?!
How can this be, it's Tulip Festival time? We should be enjoying a few refreshing showers as we tip-toe through large fields of Skagit Valley's iconic flowers, not shoveling snow off of our sidewalks! Last Saturday our temperatures nearly reached 80 degrees Fahrenheit, and yesterday there was a foot of snow on the ground near Everett. Apparently it has been over 30 years since we last saw this happen in western Washington.
Well, it should be noted that, once again, Anacortes actually had pretty nice weather even though things were quite nasty up and down the I-5 corridor. It's our luck to be living in the "Blue Hole" of Washington State. Even when it is soggy everywhere else, an aerial photo will often show a roundish patch of clear sky, right over us here in the San Juan Islands, life in the rain shadow of the Olympic Mountains is pretty nice.
Friday and Saturday's kayak trips did have to endure a little precipitation (way to tough it out guys!) but the scenery was fantastic. Today's kayakers were in luck. It has been sunny and calm all day long, warm too!
We will be sea kayaking around Burrows Island all week long, and the weather is predicted to turn back into our typical Spring days -warm, with a chance of sprinkles.
How can this be, it's Tulip Festival time? We should be enjoying a few refreshing showers as we tip-toe through large fields of Skagit Valley's iconic flowers, not shoveling snow off of our sidewalks! Last Saturday our temperatures nearly reached 80 degrees Fahrenheit, and yesterday there was a foot of snow on the ground near Everett. Apparently it has been over 30 years since we last saw this happen in western Washington.
Well, it should be noted that, once again, Anacortes actually had pretty nice weather even though things were quite nasty up and down the I-5 corridor. It's our luck to be living in the "Blue Hole" of Washington State. Even when it is soggy everywhere else, an aerial photo will often show a roundish patch of clear sky, right over us here in the San Juan Islands, life in the rain shadow of the Olympic Mountains is pretty nice.
Friday and Saturday's kayak trips did have to endure a little precipitation (way to tough it out guys!) but the scenery was fantastic. Today's kayakers were in luck. It has been sunny and calm all day long, warm too!
We will be sea kayaking around Burrows Island all week long, and the weather is predicted to turn back into our typical Spring days -warm, with a chance of sprinkles.
Labels: kayak tours, sea kayaking
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