Then you've never driven I80 in the Sierra in a blizzard.Quote:
Originally Posted by TBS
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Then you've never driven I80 in the Sierra in a blizzard.Quote:
Originally Posted by TBS
Whatever happened with the mega development across the road from Wolf Creek?
Aside from these articles I don’t know what the latest is.
https://www.durangoherald.com/articl...aggers-onward/
https://coloradosun.com/2024/05/06/1...creek-village/
I can't imagine given the current economic climate that any expansion would be wise right now.
Maybe expand on that for us. What "Current economic climate" are you referring to?Quote:
Originally Posted by MakersTeleMark
That's nothing compared to the Trans-Canada Highway between Golden and Revelstoke. Much of the oncoming traffic only divided by a yellow line.Quote:
Originally Posted by old goat
Yeah, but isn't the idiot factor much higher in California?Quote:
Originally Posted by TahoeJ
I did that drive in a blizzard in the dark once. The scariest part was the tandem trailer semi-trucks passing at 20mph over the speed limit. On my drive home there was severe black ice and I saw 3 or 4 wrecked/rolled semis. White knuckle for sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by TahoeJ
I've done that drive a bunch of times in the winter, and it seems pretty much guaranteed that there'll be at least one semi wrecked in the ditch every time. Quite a few semi wrecks that looked to be unsurvivable. I'm more comfortable than most driving on shitty, snowy roads, and I'm still impressed with how often I get passed by truckers in full whiteout conditions on that road.Quote:
Originally Posted by TAFKALVS
One of the wrecks was definitely unsurvivable, the truck was had slid off an embankment and was partially suspended in power lines and on fire. I wish I took a picture, it was wild.Quote:
Originally Posted by toast2266
You haven’t lived until you have driven I80 in a blizzard, either just East of Laramie, or by Elk Mountain.Quote:
Originally Posted by TAFKALVS
Or any day with 60mph winds.
I did one time. The road was closed down right after we made it through. High winds plus bigly snow. Big drifts on the road.Quote:
Originally Posted by rideit
Yep. Ripped a Thule rack with a rocket box and 2 kayaks clean off my Toyota.Quote:
Originally Posted by rideit
Something to rember skiing revy/ KH/ Rogers pass is that its often closed for aviy and there is a time difference
I asked a crazy Fin trucker I met if he had ever had a wreck and he told me no because while bad weather is always a good excuse for being late an accident is not so slow down
Thanks a lot.Quote:
Originally Posted by rideit
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You understand, Brother.
Semper Fi!
Pretty wild to drive with your steering wheel sideways to maintain driving in a straight direction.Quote:
Originally Posted by MarsB
Oh, man do I.Quote:
Originally Posted by rideit
Mostly of my own doing, since every trip I've taken to Jackson, for the most part, has been one of those "HOLY SHIT - Jackson is supposed to get 3+ feet in the next 72 hours - let's get our asses up there!" trips.
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that was my thought as wellQuote:
Originally Posted by skaredshtles
One time I did that drive like that. It was dark when I passed through, I had left Davenport,IA on a big pull from the Upstates in a Civic wagon headed for Jackson to spend the winter. That’s right, a light blue Civic wagon but it was a 5spd and had snows.Quote:
Originally Posted by rideit
Landed that bitch clean in town, had beers at Sprits. Is that what that bar was called?
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I always laugh at that, I'll avoid going to the grocery store or tell my job I can't go to the office if there's 3 inches of snow, but I'll drive 450 miles in a blizzard to go skiing.Quote:
Originally Posted by skaredshtles
Spirits of the West...Quote:
Originally Posted by ticketchecker
it's a mexican restaurant now, El Abuelito's.
What was in the building that is now Tegeler Insurance? My memory is hazy.