The Great Tumbleweed Migration of 2007

[jaunthie]

Oh, how I wish I'd had my camera to hand! After spending much of last week in the Methow Valley with friends enjoying the snow and the company (more on the trip later), fisherbear and I were riding back with RocketMan and Saucy Lady when on Alt Rt 97 we were confronted with the biggest mass movement of tumbleweeds I've ever seen. The winds were very high, and we'd already seen bits of roof go flying as well as huge swells on the river going against the current, but we still weren't prepared for 300-400 tumbleweeds all deciding to cross the road in front of us at once. There was one mildly exciting moment as RocketMan had to bring the car to a relatively quick stop. Then there were lots of moments of laughing our heads off as the tumbleweeds rolled on by in a stampede of rolling brush.

Unfortunately my camera was packed in the back of the car, so I don't have any pictures. But it was a moment well worth experiencing.

Comments

[tylik.livejournal.com]

Tea sometime this week?

[jaunthie.livejournal.com]

Love to! Are you thinking sit-down-formal-English, grab-a-cuppa-MassMarketish, go-somewhere-iron-pot-Easternish, what? Molly says she's fairly wide open. I'm working on the East side during the days (unless we get a snow day or two this week, in which case I'll be working from home), but other than that I should be relatively flexible. What works for you?

[tylik.livejournal.com]

Well, I'd love sit down formal English -- haven't done that since rubylou and I stopped doing our weekly tea meet ups. It tends to be a little harder to arrange, though. Others work as well. (I mostly avoid caffiene, but small amounts of good tea are something else.)

My schedule is very open. I live on the westside, spend most of my time without the car near the university, but my schedule is flexible and it's only an eight minute bike ride back to the boat and hence the car. I could probably pick up Molly if a ride to the Eastside looks like the best way of managing things...

(Well, my daytime schedule is fairly flexible. This week, otherwise, I have Wednesday evening free for certain... oh, and that only if I don't go play with the sword group. Maybe Thursday. Early evenings are also more likely to be free than late evenings.)

[monkeybard]

There's really nothing quite like watching the tumbleweeds roll along next to the packed snow, is there? ;)