Among all the winter driving reminders news media offer this time of year, one important item is: Don't use your GPS to navigate through mountain territory ... whatever the season.
I’m not going to add anything. We have several new neighbors from certain sunnier climes who are a legend in their own minds. Laws of physics don’t apply to them.
That photo of the nearly buried stop sign is priceless. Such a great post, Sue. It must be a nightmare every year for the road crews that have to deal with overly confident idiots on the snowy roads. Driving across the mountain from San Jose to Santa Cruz in the rain courts the same disaster. No one slows down and accidents stop traffic for hours every time it pours -- especially during the first rains of the season when the oil is not yet flushed from the road surface....
So true. When I moved to Santa Cruz, Dad followed me in a very questionable U-Haul truck. A gas gauge that didn't work and non-existent brakes. It's amazing he survived the ordeal, all to take his "little girl" far away from home. The man earned sainthood with that trip. To top it off, going over Hwy 17 in pouring rain, some duffus buzzed out of a side road right in front of him. I watched in horror as he swerved to miss the guy.
Love this article. It brought back so many memories. Stuck on the freeway for hours with accidents due to black ice. Or the time friends asked me to drive their rented moving truck from Bemidji to Minneapolis in a blizzard as all he had ever driven was his 65 Mustang convertible. I stopped at a truck stop in Brainard where when walking in he commented that he could have sworn he saw the big U Haul letters on the back, but they were on the side. Yep, I had been going sideways down the hwy. Why i needed a break and some coffee. Got back on the road and continued the nerve racking drive. Noticed not many cars on the road although many in the ditch. Found out that shortly after we left Brainard the SP closed the road. time at
Jeff commuted over Donner Pass from Truckee to the Bay Area for twelve years and had lots of similar experiences. Somehow he managed to thread his way through the chaos of ski traffic without any dents or other mishaps. It's like running a gauntlet, only sometimes rather comical.
Oops. Hit send before done. I like your title of OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS. Brought back memories of when i had a girlfriend who not only had horses, but a sleigh.
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I’m not going to add anything. We have several new neighbors from certain sunnier climes who are a legend in their own minds. Laws of physics don’t apply to them.
I prefer to let nature cull the herd!
Gathered into the loving arms of Father Darwin.
And holding onto the award he gave them, the Darwin Award.
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That photo of the nearly buried stop sign is priceless. Such a great post, Sue. It must be a nightmare every year for the road crews that have to deal with overly confident idiots on the snowy roads. Driving across the mountain from San Jose to Santa Cruz in the rain courts the same disaster. No one slows down and accidents stop traffic for hours every time it pours -- especially during the first rains of the season when the oil is not yet flushed from the road surface....
So true. When I moved to Santa Cruz, Dad followed me in a very questionable U-Haul truck. A gas gauge that didn't work and non-existent brakes. It's amazing he survived the ordeal, all to take his "little girl" far away from home. The man earned sainthood with that trip. To top it off, going over Hwy 17 in pouring rain, some duffus buzzed out of a side road right in front of him. I watched in horror as he swerved to miss the guy.
Love this article. It brought back so many memories. Stuck on the freeway for hours with accidents due to black ice. Or the time friends asked me to drive their rented moving truck from Bemidji to Minneapolis in a blizzard as all he had ever driven was his 65 Mustang convertible. I stopped at a truck stop in Brainard where when walking in he commented that he could have sworn he saw the big U Haul letters on the back, but they were on the side. Yep, I had been going sideways down the hwy. Why i needed a break and some coffee. Got back on the road and continued the nerve racking drive. Noticed not many cars on the road although many in the ditch. Found out that shortly after we left Brainard the SP closed the road. time at
Jeff commuted over Donner Pass from Truckee to the Bay Area for twelve years and had lots of similar experiences. Somehow he managed to thread his way through the chaos of ski traffic without any dents or other mishaps. It's like running a gauntlet, only sometimes rather comical.
Oops. Hit send before done. I like your title of OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS. Brought back memories of when i had a girlfriend who not only had horses, but a sleigh.
Wise, wise words indeed, Sue! Great post! x