Bigfoot Iced-in, December 23, 2008
  
 
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As of this writing Bigfoot has been iced-in at the Safeway in Kirkland for 4 days (since Friday, December 19), and reports suggest that it could be several more days before the ice clears. It's not that the snow is too deep - the problem is that a thick layer of ice covers everything and the streets are not being cleared. Seattle has an asinine "no-salt" policy with respect to clearing icy roads which has resulted in roads being "snow-packed," not cleared. I don't want to risk a bad slide on the snow-pack with Bigfoot so I'm iced-in at the grocery store and not having a bad time at all... and looking forward to a white Christmas...
 
Chunhee's street... behind the Kirkland Safeway where Bigfoot is iced-in...
 
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Chunhee's daughter "Number 1"...
 
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Chunhee and "Number 1"...
 
After digging Chunhee's car out of the ice in her parking lot we braved the snow-packed roads and made the short drive down to Avocent (my workplace) in Redmond to see if anything was going on. The place was deserted. The Rancilio Epoca espresso machine was working fine so I made a round or two of mochas. In the shots of Chunhee talking on the phone (below) you can see the Rancilio Epocha in the background. I've become quite fond of that machine over the last few months at Avocent...
 
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15.jpg (176793 bytes) 16.jpg (309965 bytes) 17.jpg (292618 bytes) 18.jpg (273215 bytes) Back to Kirkland on snow packed streets...
     
 
From Kirkland, through Bridle Trails, to my mailbox in Bellevue...
 
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Back at Ice Station Bigfoot with a Christmas package received from Sister Jan and the Hamilton family back in North Carolina...