Stuck in the Snow

Let me tell you about the adventure I went on yesterday! It started out as a beautiful spring day here in the Northwest! The sun was out, the sky was blue and the mountains were all in view. I got an early 6 am start to my day. I enjoyed throwing my breakfast around and climbing onto the table (my parents really need to start strapping me in to that chair). After, I took a nice, long nap and then we left. A pit stop at what my dad likes to call a little piece of heaven (the flagship REI store) to get a parking permit and then we were on the road East on I-90 to Snoqualmie Pass. It is kinda cool that while it rains and rains and rains in Seattle, just an hour away, it comes down as lots and lots and LOTS of Snow. Anyway, we got to our destination and met up with another family that likes to strap large things to their feet, babies on their backs, and then try to walk uphill for hours. Luckily they don't make snowshoes in my size plus I can't walk so that pretty much determines that I get the hard job of overseeing the action from behind my father's head, like this:



The way up went pretty smoothly except for the huge blast we heard. Was it thunder, a crash on the highway, or maybe an avalanche? When we got to a place to stop we had a perfect view of the snowy mountains, nearby ski slopes, and the highway. The highway looked more like a parking lot though. And it was, for several hours the cars didn't move an inch as the Department of Transportation did avalanche-control work. That means that they set off their own avalanches to avoid natural ones from taking place on top of cars. We didn't think that was so bad. We were still up high and could enjoy the hike down and hopefully the cars would start moving by then.


When we got down, it was still a parking lot on I-90, not this kind, but all the cars and semi's were still waiting. Overall, it took about 3 hours for them to finish! We felt happy that we weren't stuck on a highway, just at a snow-park, close to a bathroom and room to play and wait. But wait, my dad made things much more exciting! He locked the keys in our car! So now traffic was at a standstill and we couldn't even get in our car to keep warm! Thankfully, our friends from the baby hiking group we are in shared their car, diapers and snacks with us. Thank you for waiting with us, Kim, Eric and Cora! So, traffic began moving but now we were stuck. And I am supposed to ride in a car seat. So when said carseat is locked in said car, things get a little tricky.
Should we break a window, pay $150 to a tow-truck operator to open it more gracefully, or get abuela's help?

We opted for grandma. She came out and I carefully road in the back seat to her house, half an hour west on I-90. Then my parents left me there and drove further west (30 minutes) to Seattle to get the other key and then they drove all the way back to the car, then they got me and then went home. This made for a long, long day. I let them sleep until quarter of 8 today for all their hard work!

Thank you abuela and tia Ivonne for taking care of me so nicely while my parents drove all around for hours.