I live in Washington State as well and yes the snowfall is bad to say the
least this year. I haven't even been snowboarding once this year. The one
or two weeks the slopes opened I waited wanting more snow and better
conditions. Then they closed due to lack of snow and now that they opened
again the weather decided to get warm and sunny once more. Looks like
whitewater is going to be out this summer so I am trying to get all that I
can in now. This summer it'll be sea kayaking and backpacking.

Courtney

"Melissa" wrote in message
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Hi Railtramp,

On 27 Feb 2005 10:25:11 -0800, you wrote:

California has been inundated with moisture. Sierras have record
snowfall. But what about the rest of the West?

I've been very disappointed with and concerned about the past several
unnaturally mild winters here the Pacific Northwest (I live on the
outer coast of WA state...right at the beach). Our snow levels in
the mountains are far below what they should be (according to me
especially, being such a lover of snow!), and our water levels in
general are not looking very good. I also just miss the spectacular
winter storms I used to take for granted around here.

As far as my own recreational paddling goes, since my local water is
the Pacific Ocean, at least I'm not suffering from a noticeable lack
of water in this respect! :-)

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Melissa

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