In Which We Drive Through Hercules

https://everitte.org/hsqxodc by Fire Girl Jess on January 5, 2014

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https://livingpraying.com/mfwh0ierx Growing up in the Rocky Mountain West, I’ve always eyed winter storm systems with a grin.  Snow.  Cold.  As a kid, it meant possible snow days (including a memorable lake effect snow as a kid that dropped three-plus feet on my brother and I’s birthday).  As an adult it has often meant challenging driving conditions, cold days working outside, and having to keep a spare camera battery in my long underwear.  Double digits below zero drain camera batteries like nobody’s business.

https://trevabrandonscharf.com/oazea58hkcp So, when I knew I would be heading to the northeast in the midst of winter storm “Hercules” – when did they start naming winter storms anyway? – I shrugged it off.  The Suby is good in snow, and after topping Jackson Pass several times last year in blizzards, I knew how to slow down and crawl through weather.

https://www.thephysicaltherapyadvisor.com/2024/09/18/y5af8mwqt Bit more traffic on the New York turnpike than in the middle of rural Idaho, though.

follow After a day and a half of driving through bad weather, it wasn’t the slick roads or snow that took out the Suby, but the unexpected event of a tire coming off.  As in disembarking.  At highway speeds.

source url Apparently four of five bolts sheared off the spindle.  I was able to brake / slide off the road and come to a safe stop, and some good guys in a nearby Kingston, New York shop gave me a tow and were able to fix the bolts and mount the spare.  Said spare was buried under the jenga-like load in the back of the Subaru, however, and said load had to be unpacked onto the floor of the mechanic’s shop.  Then re-packed.

Buy Diazepam 20 Mg Yeah, it was a long day.  I limped into Manchester that night, immeasurably thankful to be able to throw my goods into my little apartment and tuck into a local B&B as temperatures dropped to -20F.

go here Hey, I guess the storm could’ve been named Daisy.  I’ll take Hercules any day.

Buy Roche Diazepam Uk In a somehow fitting move, I received an email that night from the great Hugh MacLeod with his latest quote / drawing – “Life is not an adventure til it starts scaring you shitless.”

https://semnul.com/creative-mathematics/?p=18kc5p1wp7y There we go.

Hot tea, Patagonia catalog, and an article to write.  I'm happy.

see url Hot tea, Patagonia catalog, and an article to write.  Now to work.

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https://www.parolacce.org/2024/09/18/p48xhp8o37 { 6 comments… read them below or add one }

Victor January 5, 2014 at 11:00

go here Great you made it safely,bummer about the tire mishap long drives in snow and ice is always an adventure, loved the quote

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Fire Girl Jess January 5, 2014 at 11:25

https://vbmotorworld.com/777ht3cit Thanks, Victor. Long drives in bad weather are indeed always an adventure. I’m looking forward to not making any more 2,000 mile drives in the near future.

Buy Roche Valium 10Mg Glad you liked the quote. I read Hugh daily… he’s brilliant.

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