UFOs, ghosts, and bigfoot oh my!

This past Saturday, me, Colleen, and Renee, decided to take a drive to Trout Lake, Wa. It's a sleepy little town at the foot of Mt. Adams known for its outdoor adventure, UFO sightings, Ghost stories, and what the hell let's throw bigfoot in there as well. You can't have the pacific northwest without sasquatch. It only took a couple of hours to get there and the drive was quite pleasant and scenic. Since we are portland idiots though, we didn't think about how much snow was going to be up there this time of year. I'm talking 2 to 3 feet in some places, so we didn't have the proper gear to do any adventuring outside of the car.(did i mention we suck).

figure 1. Main St. Trout Lake

Not one to give up on adventure so easily, I invented a new winter olympic event. I call it The Car Sled. Basically you're in your car at the top of a slight downhill. the roads have sort of been plowed but there is a 4 foot wall of snow on either side of the street. You turn off the car and put it in neutral then let your foot off of the brake. The goal is to see how far you can roll/slide before you are going too fast to stop. The loser just might end up here. The winner gets treated to liver and onions at the Logs Restaurant afterward.

figure 2. this plus a blizzard = saturday night on the town.

And on a final note, though the three of us were properly lubed, nobody got anal probed. So despite fanning the flames of olympic dreams there was a slight feeling of disappointment on the car ride home that night.