Happy New Years Friends and Family,
One of my New Years resolutions is to keep in better touch with you all. What better way to do so than a BLOG?
This happens to be our Wapato Lake blog. We've spent the past week here at the cabin and have been lovin' it! I took up snowshoeing (thanks to my friend and neighbor Rhonda-I'm hooked!) We've had lots of snow, good food, and good laughs.
Besides the necessary chores like shoveling snow and hauling fire wood (thanks Dad!) We've had fun baking, sledding, snowshoeing, snow-ball fighting, relaxing in the hot tub, and the ongoing love of decorating our wonderful cabin. We finally welcomed "Ginny" the bear......the black bear that hangs above the fireplace. She was a gift from my Uncle Chuck the summer of 2000 when we lived in Alaska (long story). While it is not our usual style of decor, she has history in our family and is a reminder to all of us to respect and appreciate the natural world around us.
We hope you all have a happy and healthy 2008. We will be in touch-that is a promise!
Love,
Paula, George, Chaz, Margo and Paul
One of my New Years resolutions is to keep in better touch with you all. What better way to do so than a BLOG?
This happens to be our Wapato Lake blog. We've spent the past week here at the cabin and have been lovin' it! I took up snowshoeing (thanks to my friend and neighbor Rhonda-I'm hooked!) We've had lots of snow, good food, and good laughs.
Besides the necessary chores like shoveling snow and hauling fire wood (thanks Dad!) We've had fun baking, sledding, snowshoeing, snow-ball fighting, relaxing in the hot tub, and the ongoing love of decorating our wonderful cabin. We finally welcomed "Ginny" the bear......the black bear that hangs above the fireplace. She was a gift from my Uncle Chuck the summer of 2000 when we lived in Alaska (long story). While it is not our usual style of decor, she has history in our family and is a reminder to all of us to respect and appreciate the natural world around us.
We hope you all have a happy and healthy 2008. We will be in touch-that is a promise!
Love,
Paula, George, Chaz, Margo and Paul
MANSON — A cow fell about 200 feet off a cliff Sunday and landed on the hood of a minivan passing by Rocky Point about one mile east of Manson, officials said."It was just 'bam'— you just saw something come down and hit the hood," Charles Everson said this morning from his hotel room in Manson.He and his wife are in the area from Westland, Mich., near Detroit, to celebrate their one-year anniversary, he said. They were on Highway 150 headed back to their hotel after attending a church service.Everson, 49, said he didn't actually see the animal until it hit — and didn't realize what had happened until after the impact."I'm like, 'I don't believe this. I don't believe this. I don't believe this,' " Everson said, adding he repeated the phrase "about 20 times."The incident happened about 12:20 p.m.Arnold Baker, Chelan County Fire District 5 chief, said the cow was a heifer he estimated to weigh about 600 pounds."It's funny because it was such a close call," Baker said. "Inches different and the couple in this car would have been killed."The cow, about year old, belonged to a breeder in the area who had earlier reported the animal missing, Baker said. The animal was euthanized at the scene.The Eversons continued on about a mile after the collision before pulling over, and were taken to Lake Chelan Community Hospital as a precaution. The van suffered heavy damage, including a broken windshield from the force of the animal hitting the hood, Baker said.
