Winter??

Squak Mountain gets some snow - view from our apartment parking lot

I'm so excited because we have some friends visiting us this holiday season!  Evita will come up from Portland for Thanksgiving (she was my maid of honor in El Salvador when we were in the Peace Corps, and although she a Texan, she's studying in OR now), and Yuka will come up for the Xmas holiday with her husband Alex from California (I studied abroad and traveled with Yuka in Ecuador).  I often think I have few friends, but the truth is they're all spread out over many states and countries - from the USA to El Salvador, to Ecuador, to Rota.  It's rare they get to meet up with me in another environment and get to see my family and friends from home.