The snow that started on Friday night continued into the wee hours of the new work week and though I get tired of blogging about the weather, I had to, just one more time ... for the 'first time.' There's nothing like the first time and this was the first time (in 14 years) the SUV couldn't, wouldn't, didn't make it in the drive. It wasn't the accumulation, this time it was the drifting that defeated me and my 'girlie' truck. Drifts piled higher than the front grill did us in. We gave it a good run, but it wasn't gonna happen. An over the knee, deep snow walk from the road to the house and reinforcements were called in.
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Maybe you need another "SUV", say something with a track and skis on the front.
ReplyDeleteWhat's a 'girlie' truck?
Richard you might be onto something with the skis and tracks ... but don't they call those things snow mobiles? I think you have to wear snow suits and be out in the cold for that!
ReplyDeleteNow, a 'girlie' truck ... how can I explain it? It has curvaceous lines, all the amenities of home like heated seats, remote starter ... comes with powerful all time four wheel drive - it's not a car but it isn't a big boy pick up truck either, it's a 'girlie' truck.
No, I was thinking of something like this. I rode in one of these from West Yellowstone to Old Faithful Lodge one winter.
ReplyDeleteThat one looks like an early Bombardier snowmobile. I so like it better than the exposed models of today where you get so cold. I think I want one.
DeleteYep, made by Bombardier. It held about 6-8 people, had a huge opening roof to stand up and take pictures, had a large engine and actually went pretty fast. (No cars allowed in Yellowstone during the winter!)
DeleteI don't know what that is, Richard, but I want one so badly all of a sudden...
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ReplyDeleteI used to have a Jeep YJ and I got excited when it snowed because then I could go out and drive all over the place. It got so little use so I sold it.
I have never been anywhere, where the snow was up to hood level. Lucky you have a son who loves toys and didn't mind clearing an area for you
bob
Riding the Wet Coast
You're right Bob ... gotta love a son who loves to play in the snow with big boy toys, but by the comments today I'd have to say, "show any of you guys a little snow machine and you're all over it :0D"
DeleteI want a vehicle that could eat even those drifts. A jeep Wrangler slightly jacked up with serious off-road tires. Or a Land Rover 110. They might not do any better than your 'girlie truck', but I'd have a fell of a good time getting them well and truly stuck :)
ReplyDeleteDavid you'd have needed a seriously jacked up jeep the drifts at the end of the drive were close to 1 metre.
DeleteHow about one of these seriously jacked up "girly trucks"?
DeleteRichard that is a serious girlie truck - looks like it also has a snorkel ... snow and swamp, perfect!
DeleteSounds like an adventure. I haven't seen super deep snow this year, just a lot of bone-chilling cold. They've closed the schools due to cold twice this year.
ReplyDeleteSnow days aren't that uncommon, but closed due to cold is pretty rare.
So, is that your tractor in that pic? Looks like a pretty comfy way to go about removing snow...
Lucky we never (well hardly ever) close schools around here!
DeleteThese days (25 more cm expected with squalls) I wish it was my tractor ... sadly it's a loaner but what a great pick up line I could have - "Hey buddy, wanna see my tractor?"
Doh! I hate it when you have to walk through the snow unexpectedly. Not so bad when you are dressed for it, not so good when you aren't and it is because the car won't make it.
ReplyDeleteLuckily I wasn't all 'skirted up' and had big girl pants on plus a down coat and my tall Pajar snow boots ... still my legs were soaked the minute I stepped inside the warm house. Of course I had to get dressed in the snow suit to go back out and play in the snow and to move the 'girlie truck' to make room for the tractor.
DeleteI am not sure I would even want to leave the house. Luckily in my profession in situations like these I could have simply called my boss, and told him I'd work from home...
ReplyDeleteIt would be nice to be able to work from home ... If I could just figure out how to help with a zipper and tie up a shoe remotely. High risk days - I've earned my summer :o D
DeleteWe haven't had snow yet here in UK but we have had re-occurring 70+ mph winds. As I look out now from my front window, I can see a vicious, blustery wind pulling and ripping at my rollover motorbike cover. Since there's the danger of the cover eventually pulling the bike off the centre-stand and sending it crashing down, I've had to go out, pleat back the cover and tie it back in order to reduce the surface area to the wind, which unfortunately then leaves the bike totally exposed to the tempestous rain which comes bucketing down soon after the wind has picked up... I can't win! Now if I only had a lock-up garage...
ReplyDeleteWalter, thanks for stopping by. It has been a season of high wind here as well ... I think I'd take wind and rain over wind and snow that is if I couldn't choose sun and calm first. Of couse I should be careful what I wish for, the forecast today is calling for possibility of rain (temperature has taken a wild swing upward.) Mother Nature may just turn the roads and drives to skating rinks, again. Hope your bike weathers the storm without much harm.
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