Snowy Day

They opened up the ski slopes down here when we had the last snow plus they fired up the snow machines. I remember back whe I was a kid 5+ decades ago we had some serious snows here but seems like over the years they have dwindled down. On TV I saw a motorcycle race on an ice track. Looked like the tires had some sort of spikes in them. They were laying the bikes over just like on a dry dirt track. You're right about the salt messing up the cars. Anymore around here as soon as the temp begins to drop pretty low ans they're calling for snow, they send out the wet chemical trucks and they wet down the roads with a salt solution. The pull off lanes on the sides of the roads are still white from where they treated the roads last week. Temperature got up to 51 today but there's still a lot of snow laying around. Reckon like they say, it's waiting around for more.

MInnesota just got hit with 15" of snow. Soon it will be about -15 degrees outside with the wind chill factor. it will be about -40 out.

Definitly not your average ridin weather. Looks like all that stuff is headed my way and I have to go to the Windy city on Monday to pick up a pass. at O'hare. Should be a fun day what with all the cagers and the weather.:gah:

It is what it is though. The snow has stopped falling now. Now it is getting really windy and the temp so far is holding at 10* BTWm I just got done getting educated, I am really thirsty!!!:cheers:

Have a cold - Johnny - But I think a hot buttered rum sounds better.

Crown Royal???

Any port in a storm I always say - and Crown Royal works for me too.:cheers:

Set in snowing late yesterday and the wind picked up so things started freezing and the snow started laying...........and I just gave up and went to bed. Got the snow thrower out a while ago and cleared off the worst of the stuff in the driveway so then took the shovel and got the slush ice off. The sun is coming out and in so hopefully it's dry the driveway and make it easier to get ut to go to work in the AM. Weather report earlier said we could get up to 6" tonight but I hoping it'll stay north or east of us. Sure is pretty though with the sun shining on it but it sure is treacherous too. Reckon I better plug up the battery tender on the Harley too.

Later dudes and dudettes...... You all enjoy the day as much as you can. Especially you folks up North where the weather is much worse than here. If you have to get out, be careful - I enjoy reading what you have to say.

Reckon we don't have it too bad down here anymore. We used to have some big snows seveal decades back but not anymore - not unless it's just a flike of nature.............

Snow and drifting so bad in our area the Gov. called a level 1 emer. and shut the the roads down. Had a count of 35 vehicles stranded on the way up to O'hare Airport and the state LEO's reported 45 accidents in two counties before I got back to the home base with my pass. - Normally it takes bout 6.5 hours round trip but this time I was behind the wheel for 13 hours nonstop. The weather was so bad that my average speed for the trip was 26 mph, half the time we were in white out conditions. Just glad I don't have to make that run again.

Well it's snowing again in Johnny's town! so it found it's way back home.