posted December 03, 2007 08:48 PM         

I had to get my car out of the park today. We have been in a "wait and see" mode daily, wondering if today will be the day the Park Service tells us to get out.

So...
even the parking lot is bad. The roads haven't been plowed in 2 weeks, and we have been getting heavy snow since Saturday. I get about 1 mile from home and stop for my one and only freak out of the drive.

The snow is about 2 and a half, maybe 3 feet thick on the road. My car just barely can get through, using ruts left by other vehicles (who, I don't know- who else is mad enough to sneak in...)

Did I mention I don't have snow tires, or chains... I don't even have sand bags or kitty litter "just in case."
I am not fulfilling my obligations as a Wisconsin native. I know better.

But what are my choices? I can't leave my car in the park, and I have to work the next day. So I keep going.

Through the blizzard, and the white out, and the chance that a herd of bison might be around the next corner forcing me off the road (and off a cliff.)

I made it- 1 hour to go 30 miles. Only 200 more to go.

I drove through snow, ice, sleet, 5 minutes of sun, 2 downpours, a windstorm that closed down the interstate for the past day, a couple of overturned semis, more rain, back to snow.

And I made it.
No chains, no snow tires....

and NO CIGARETTES.

that's the most amazing thing!!

posted December 04, 2007 09:08 PM         

First off MK what do you drive? Manual? Automatic?

Front wheel drive?

My worst drive?

My Mom is from Wyoming..

posted December 04, 2007 09:37 PM         

Dense fog this time. So thick; the driver could not see 1,000 feet. An 18 wheeler pulled me through. For about 400 miles. It felt like to California.

Had it occurred before that.. or me already logging in 10 hours on the road.That switch back could have been me, or the deer.