In the last two months I have been blessed to take a spontaneous trip to south FL, a kayaking trip to Charleston, SC, a backpacking trip to NC, a weekend staying in downtown Chattanooga for a missions conference, and last weekend at a retreat on the Ocoee River.
This week I'm in Washington state. And it's cold here. At the moment I'm in Kennewick, one of the "tri-cities" in the southeastern portion of the state, by the Columbia River. I flew into Spokane greeted by a foot of snow and single digit temperatures. Both are pretty unnatural to this time of year...in fact I believe that the temperature has been record low for the last couple of days. However, I'm really loving the snow...it is a beautiful layer of frosting over everything around; the view is so much more appealing from inside than the frigid temperatures once I open the door.
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and I am very blessed to be able to spend it with family, my grandparents and aunt, especially family that I don't get to see that often. There's not much more to this trip than that...I'm so thankful to be able to share this week with them.
And the snow is a cool addition. 14 inches of it at the moment. And it has been snowing on and off throughout the last couple of days. It was sunny for a few hours this morning and I took a walk for a while until I couldn't feel my hands anymore. The sun created a coat of sparkling glitter on the surface of the ground...and the pine trees looked like vanilla ice cream cones. It's funny to think what a little bit of frozen rain can do to a landscape.
Just now the TV had an alert that said "Beware of freezing fog"...what? I've never heard of such a thing, but apparently it happens.
Happy Thanksgiving!
-b garrison
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