Nebraska Road Storm

These were some of the smaller drifts. Hit some 3 - 5 foot high drifts that engulfed the truck. The F350 4x4 I'm driving just pounded through, just kept on the gas and the wheel straight.

Nebraska / Colder Than a... -11 @ -35 Windchill

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Sunrise in flat farming country at -11 degrees and a north wind with fresh snow. Gotta keep alert.

Truck had just slid off in front of me. If you hit the ditch it's best to keep the steering wheel straight and don't hit the brakes. He will just need to be towed right out. If a driver turns the wheel and hits the brakes, there is a good chance of flipping the rig or jackknifing, that would be much worse.

It is slick and icy in the right lane, but as you know the left lane is waiting to suck a careless car or truck into the ditch. This car must have just gone in because I could see the driver on his cell phone, probably calling for a tow.

 

 Small town Nebraska after a winter storm, it had warmed up to -1 degrees by 9:30AM.

Leaving the Nebraska town and crossing back over the Missouri River. 360 miles to home, 720 miles today, this was a full day starting at 1:00AM and back home enjoying a cold drink by 7:30PM the same day.

I arrived home and Weez had spent all day getting our new place in shape and our apartment looked great. The apartment is really getting comfortable and it feels like Home.

GOOD TIMES!!

Iowa Horse Man / Iron Horse Mustang / Old Iron Jacked...On the Road Again

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Crossing the Mackinaw Bridge in the Dark of the Night

Crossing the Mackinaw Bridge, 5 miles long & 199 feet above Lake Michigan and Lake Huron under a full moon...

A Trip Around Upper Michigan / Mackinaw Bridge

 

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This is about 3:30AM heading home, the first 100 miles were powder snow on a 2 lane highway.  I have 640 miles to drive this day. Crossed the Mackinaw Bridge on this trip in the dark on the way home with a full moon in the western sky...Good Times!!

A Bit of Snow on the Road

 

 

 

Stopped to help a guy crawl out of his SUV that had flipped and rolled. He was OK.

400 miles of snow, locked into 4-wheel drive all the way.

Moving Story

This is the first morning at our new place, we sold the house to down-scale. It was a real challenge to move from a house to a 2 bedroom apartment in a 4-plex. A big plus is having a garage also.

The adventure right now is my job of transporting new cars on a trailer. The trips are 800 to 1500 miles round trip and I haul 1 car out and 1 car back. They are dealer trade sales that swap one new car for another.

Hope to be doing more Ski Patroling the rest of the winter and enjoying the winter conditions now that the move is completed...later

Bacon Rind = Good Stability - 2 Jan 2011

This video is a great follow-up to the earlier test on Bacon Rind. Bacon Rind is located just northwest of the town, West Yellowstone, south of Big Sky, Montana.

Doug gives a good explanation of how the snowpack can strengthen itself. It is useful to see the snowpack evaluations being done by a pro.