Winter Stories?

[nfpgasmask]

How is everyone doing today?

I know its a bit knarley today here in Reno, cold and lots of snow, but I know it is much, much worse out there in other spots.

Bart

[nocturnalVX]

No snow, but very cold... it's 8 outside right now (warming to a high of 12 later). We are supposed to get some light snow in the next couple of days. Orlando is lookin' better all the time!

[VCrossfan]

Cold, light snow but there's just enough on the streets for some of the Idiots that use the "Summer " tactic of Driving/Texting and There Starbucks end up on the floor. It's fun to watch there expressions when they finally grab the wheel with BOTH hands..

[nfpgasmask]

Yeah, I saw a wrecked white Isuzu Rodeo this morning off on the side of the hwy. Crumpled front end and both air bags deployed....probably slid off into the median. 4x4 does not mean you won't slide...

I would love to see Moab right now.

Bart

[MSHardeman]

It's was -1 when I woke up this morning and we'll be hitting a high of 22 today. We got almost a foot of snow over the weekend, and more is supposed to be coming today. The roads are in TERRIBLE shape right now, but luckily everyone is driving very slowly and giving each other a lot of room for braking.

The snow sucks on the roads but it was SWEEEEEEET on the mountain yesterday. Nothing like 18 inches of fresh, light, dry Colorado powder. Who's up for a few runs?

Looks like Moab is a little chilly and snow is in the forecast.
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick...2=-109.549&e=0

[Triathlete]

I suffered through a 2+ hour ride yesterday...It ONLY got up to 57 and was raining off and on! I actually had to break put my arm warmers! I hate southern Arizona "winters".

[crager34]

The snow sucks on the roads but it was SWEEEEEEET on the mountain yesterday. Nothing like 18 inches of fresh, light, dry Colorado powder. Who's up for a few runs?

Marc;

It's either Telluride or Aspen this weekend for me.... you got room I got the rum.

[pbkid]

It's was -1 when I woke up this morning and we'll be hitting a high of 22 today. We got almost a foot of snow over the weekend, and more is supposed to be coming today. The roads are in TERRIBLE shape right now, but luckily everyone is driving very slowly and giving each other a lot of room for braking.

The snow sucks on the roads but it was SWEEEEEEET on the mountain yesterday. Nothing like 18 inches of fresh, light, dry Colorado powder. Who's up for a few runs?

Looks like Moab is a little chilly and snow is in the forecast.
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick...2=-109.549&e=0

i think im riding copper tomorrow mark...wanna join us??

[VehiGAZ]

Nothing like 18 inches of fresh, light, dry Colorado powder. Who's up for a few runs?

ME!!! ME!!! ME!!! ME!!! ME!!!

Our ski house (rental) in VT is still without power since last week's ice storm, so I don't know if we can make it up there this weekend at all.

I got a brand new Burton Supermodel in the basement crying for snow. And we're trying to plan out a ski trip for February - Steamboat maybe... a direct flight from NYC is like $270 right now.

[crager34]

Yeah, I saw a wrecked white Isuzu Rodeo this morning off on the side of the hwy. Crumpled front end and both air bags deployed....probably slid off into the median. 4x4 does not mean you won't slide...

I would love to see Moab right now.

Bart

Just a very light dusting of snow around town and not in all parts. The La Sals look great and very big.

I was in Denver over the weekend and drove back on Sunday and it was snow packed from around Idaho Springs to almost Grand Junction. I was in a little Honda Civic though.... better gas mileage.

[mdwyer]

I was in Denver over the weekend and drove back on Sunday and it was snow packed from around Idaho Springs to almost Grand Junction. I was in a little Honda Civic though.... better gas mileage.

Awww... you could have made it to the Colorado Colors Meetup! ...except it got cancelled because of the... snow.

[Ldub]

Cold, light snow but there's just enough on the streets for some of the Idiots that use the "Summer " tactic of Driving/Texting and There Starbucks end up on the floor. It's fun to watch there expressions when they finally grab the wheel with BOTH hands..

That's odd...we have a surplus of those too. As a matter of fact, I almost got T-BONED, TWICE, in a three block stretch...both of them blew through stop signs because they were involved in activities OTHER than driving.
Were it not for my paranoia, & Suzys extraordinary sure footedness, I'd have been making a trip to the body shop...

That was Friday, Saturday was a good day. Jim came into town & we spent the afternoon mapping out routes to Moab, drinking lots of coffee & playing video games. Probably the closest either one of us will come to tearin' it up on a MX bike again...but man, back in the day...

Saturday evening/Sunday morn turned into the first blizzard of the season.
All the usual symptoms...bitterly cold below zero temps, snow, wind, etc.

Char & Adam (two of my neighbors in the building) came down to "Larryland", and we spent a fun filled afternoon having many "adventures in mixology", watching movies (the MST3K treatment of "I was a teenage werewolf" was by far, the hit of the day), turned out to be one of the greatest blizzard parties of all time...

Yesterday, Suzy dragged belly all the way through & out the parking lot. Only had to stop & back up for another run at it a couple of times...then helped the same two neighbors dig their vehicles out...ahhhhh, life is good in the vast frozen wasteland...

This morning is still twelve below zero...

[etlsport]

yea there is a severe lack of driving ability around me too.. we had an unexpected snow of about 3-4 inches overnight.. i woke up to 4 cars off the road within 1/4 mile or less and a few skid marks up into my yard

then a couple weeks later.. we got about 1/2 inch around 9pm.. on my drive home.. saw 3 accidents within 5 miles of my house.. i hardly even slowed my driving down.. just didnt accelerate in turns lol

[nfpgasmask]

Yeah, its all about stopping and turning out here. Going straight is no big deal, but trying to stop going down hill or braking on turns gets interesting.

I have to say though, I feel that my BFG M/Ts are performing WAY better in the snow than my previous BFG A/Ts.

Another weird thing, is I dropped into 4x4 yesterday on my lunch brake cause I was having some fun plowing through some snow banks in the parking lot at work. I stopped for lunch and parked the VX still in 4 low. When I got back in, my ABS light was not lit for the first time in probably 6 or 7 months, and I could feel the ABS working again. It kept working for almost my entire ride home from work, and then came back on. So weird.

Bart

[Scott Harness]

Char & Adam (two of my neighbors in the building) came down to "Larryland", and we spent a fun filled afternoon having many "adventures in mixology", watching movies (the MST3K treatment of "I was a teenage werewolf" was by far, the hit of the day), turned out to be one of the greatest blizzard parties of all time...

I wanna do a blizzard party at "Larryland"