The WInter of the Big Freeze

The Winter of 1989 was the coldest winter I have seen on the Oregon Coast since moving down from the Yukon. That winter we had 4 inches of snow then the weather warmed up enough to hail then the cold hit. The temperatures fell under zero that night and the next morning we awoke to a sheet of ice. The girls ran outside to play in the new "snow" and promptly fell down. They where slipping and sliding around when there brother called out to the "let me show you how it is done" running out the door he met the same fate. The cold snap lasted over a week causing much trouble, slick road and frozen pipes but the children had a blast. Winter break was extended a few days.

Sambo in the snow.

The three children had a great time using the toboggan I brought from the Yukon. They spent all day going up and down the hill with breaks for hot chocolate. In the evenings they would go out and toboggan in the light of the moon.

That winter we ran out of wood in the wood shed next to the house so our son would pull the toboggan up to the barn and fill it with the wood we stored there.

Looking West.