Snowed In
We drove up I-80 last night in the rain and then eventually got some snow as we entered Auburn. We planned to stay at Ryan’s mom’s house for the night and drive another hour up to the mountain this morning. Well, things didn’t exactly go as planned. Last night, we drove the 330xi through 6-inches of snow all the way through the windy narrow roads to the house and thought we were home free. Then it happened…Ryan’s car (also 4WD) got stuck in a ditch and then we got stuck behind him because we stopped. It took a good hour to tow, push, and rev the cars out and up the driveway to the house. This is just a gratuitous photo of our car in the driveway with the racks installed.
We slept in the barn, which has a cute little 2-bedroom, 1-bathroom apartment inside. We brought the Aerobed and the Bangs brought their sleeping bags that I think held up in the cold better than our comforter. Koa didn’t get much sleep last night b/c he couldn’t find a warm spot to sleep…that was until he wedged himself between Bang and Vyl’s sleeping bags.
This morning Koa had a good time running with the horses, sniffin’ the grounds, and peeing on the snow. We got up early and piled into one car and headed out. We didn’t make it past the first hill outside of the driveway and got stuck again.
Oh boo….so Ryan’s mom’s truck towed him out and now we’re hanging out in a warm toasty house watching Cars. We had friends driving up this morning and ended up stuck on I-80 with a 4-hour wait only to turn around. So, I guess things could be worse. I’m not sure how or when we’ll going home but we’ll sit here for now. I guess it’s a good thing I got Monday off after all.
Johnny
Saturday, February 14, 2009you lose!
tbao
Sunday, February 15, 2009this is why i gave up going to tahoe
Joy
Sunday, February 15, 2009So sad…at least you have Monday off.
Ryan
Tuesday, February 17, 2009fail