Well, it has been an interesting few days up here at the cabin. We headed up on Thursday morning after celebrating Christmas at home. Christmas was, of course, a big hit. Big presents included a new bike for Ethan and a chrome book for Alaina.
We knew that snow was in the forecast for Tahoe, but really had no idea how much we were in store for. When we drove up it actually was raining most of the way--it turned to snow just one exit before ours, and chain controls were minimal.
On Christmas Eve, we headed to Sugarbowl to ski--but it was snowing quite hard and very windy. We lasted about half the day. Meanwhile, my dad, Marilynn and Sabine were trying to head up to join us for Christmas--they got stuck as I-80 was closed due to a spin out. Luckily it quickly reopened, and they made it mid afternoon. We enjoyed a nice meal of prime rib (made on the bbq!) and then opened presents.
On Christmas morning, we woke up to about a foot of fresh snow. We planned to ski again, but in the process of moving the cars, my dad's car got caught in a huge snowbank (the roads were not well plowed), so we gave up. Turned out that they ended up closing Sugarbowl anyway because about 2 hours later we all lost power. The power was off for almost 30 hours. Than meant cooking Christmas dinner almost entirely on the bbq, and dining by LED lantern and one kerosene lamp. Luckily, the woodburning stove kept the cabin warm (enough).
The next few days the snow continued and continued and continued....Dad, Marilynn and Sabine became trapped, as I-80 closed in both directions. Surgarbowl also remained closed. We made the best of it and enjoyed cross-country skiing and snowshoeing through the neighborhood. At least the power was back on!
