Damn fools. Big rig would be fined $1,000 for not having chains
How the hell do you drive into the ditch, going uphill, in a 4x4 SUV. Lucky someone with a chain stopped and pulled you out.
Total stoppage, long enough for the heat from the idling vehicles to melt the snow on the road. Some dufas pulled a big rig over to chain up and drove over the edge of the road. Three huge wreckers were trying to pull him out. Sorry, no pictures - too dangerous to be gawking.
Chains required on the big rigs. Most drivers won't go over 20 mph with chains on. Many miles down Wolf Creek Pass until there is a wide spot to remove chains. If you are in a spam can, you do 20 mph too.
Well preserved water tank at Southfork, CO
Sangre de Christo Mountains, San Luis Valley, CO
Blanca Peak
These are places my friend knows and has traveled. Looks like the crisis is past and she is on the mend.
Not the best pictures; taken to tell a story.
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the clouds are so nice in these pictures
WOW, I only chained up once in all my years of driving semi.
@ Scotty. State Law in Colorado. Sept-May, you must carry chains - all commercial vehicles. Lots of advantages in the warmer climates.
Wolf Creek Pass
way up on the great divide,
truckin' on down
the other side.
@ ML. The oh so proper snobs in Pagosa Springs hate that song. Always try to find it on a juke box when we there.
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