A blizzard visited the Columbia Basin on November 22-23. Chuck Flint took the photos below on the morning of the 23nd. The wind was howling, bringing the temperature with wind chill factor into the single digits.
View from the hill above the east end of West Beach (Chuck Flint photo)
East Beach parking lot. In the distance in the B & B Drive-In. (Chuck Flint photo)
Whitecaps on Soap Lake, as seen from the east end of West Beach. (Chuck Flint photo)
Ice along East Beach shoreline. (Chuck Flint photo)
Later that same day, the winds stopped and Soap Lake was bathed in brilliant sunshine. (Do the weather people count this as one of Soap Lake's 300 days of sun?)
In spite of the bitter cold, local humans and canines venture outside for some sun and fresh air.
Local and her American Eskimo out for a walk. (Soap Lake for Locals photo)
Wearing plenty of warm clothes is the key to being outside in the bitter cold. (SLFL photo)
First Snow
Soap Lakers awoke to a skiff of snow--the first of the season--on Saturday, November 20.
Sign on Daisy / Hwy. 17 pointing to Westhaven Second Hand. (SLFL photo, 2010)
Coffee from Daisy Street Espresso kept SLFL staff warm while driving around town looking at the snow. Scarlet always has a treat for Sadie too. (SLFL photo, 2010)
