When the Snow Must Go On

As Snowmageddon continues to impact the Pacific Northwest, it could become really easy to just hibernate like the animals do, however the show must go on. While in most cases the show does go on occasionally one will get postponed or cancelled due to weather. Being a provider in the entertainment industry it is our goal to not be the reason a show does not go on or become delayed. Some days this will require additional planning. When we have events on the calendar in the winter part of the job is watching the weather early on, especially when a mountain pass stands between you and the next event. This week was no exception. Throughout the week the news reported that the mountain pass between our home base and Seattle had closures. Early on we made our plan then our backup plan. Plan A was that if we saw a decent break the day before our planned travel day we should take it because plan B meant traveling to Tacoma through Portland which would have added at minimum 130 mile and 3 hours to the trip. Well as it turned out we did get a beautiful break in the weather and opted to take it as there was nothing pressing at home anyway. This turned out to be a good plan as just getting out of the driveway created its own challenges being our semi was not only stuck in the snow it was frozen to the ground. After a few failed attempts of removal with our Jeep, we opted for our big RV project truck to pull it out. Worked like a charm, and off we went.

The travel day couldn’t not have been more beautiful after the weather we have been enduring. There were blue skies, snow on the sides of the road and white landscapes all around, however the roads were as clear as can be. Of coarse it would turn out we would be rolling into the Seattle area right at 5:30ish, which means evening traffic and many delays, so by the time we hit the hotel it was almost 7. With a semi truck you are limited to where you can drive when in the city. Aside from getting around parking becomes a challenge even without the trailer therefore we try to just park the truck and walk where ever we need to go. Who would have thought that the restaurants would close at 7pm in Tacoma. Anyway this left us with the options of ordering in, getting an Uber or visting the hotel lounge. We opted for the lounge and called it a night.

Next to the hotel and venue is LeMay’s Car Museum, and well when your car people and have a day off next to a car museum, why wouldn’t you? After a morning spent at the museum, we returned to the hotel as the weather was rainy and windy. I opted to use my time looking at what was nearby and found the Freighthouse Square. We needed a snack so we opted to go explore this new to us location. It was basically a food court with a small convenience store, a few second hand stores and some artisan shops. After a quick bite and grabbing some reinforcements for later, we headed back for more R & R in preparation for our long work day on Saturday. All in all, there were no regrets, as it turned out there was a mountain pass closure on what would have been our travel day. This would have added un-needed stress to our trip, and instead we had a nice casual day and found a few new dining options when in Tacoma (as long as we arrive before 6:30pm).