{"id":2913,"date":"2012-12-27T13:10:09","date_gmt":"2012-12-27T18:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/?p=2913"},"modified":"2012-12-27T13:10:10","modified_gmt":"2012-12-27T18:10:10","slug":"it-was-a-dark-and-stormy-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/2012\/12\/27\/it-was-a-dark-and-stormy-night\/","title":{"rendered":"It Was A Dark and Stormy Night…"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I’ve grateful for all-wheel drive these days, and can’t imagine driving anything else in the snow. What models do you recommend (or not!) for winter driving?<\/p><\/div>\n

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Most of us have stories about at least one harrowing winter drive. \u00a0Mine was a late night commute between Eagle Bay (near Old Forge) and Canton late one wintry night…. or early morning. \u00a0I was in my 20’s, and my car was not much younger.<\/p>\n

The snow was way too deep for my 1966 Plymouth Valiant, but if I kept my speed up I could sort of \u00a0‘float’ through it. \u00a0Stopping was not an option. \u00a0Momentum was my secret weapon that night.<\/p>\n

The snow was so deep (how deep was it?!)<\/em> that it was coming into the interior via the steering column. \u00a0It was packing in around the pedals and around my feet. \u00a0I was watching the reflective markers to the left and right sides of the road, trying to stay halfway in between. \u00a0The road was a bare snowy field; no lines were visible anywhere, and I don’t remember any other navigational hints. \u00a0This was years before cell phones, GPS, email, and long before I could afford the annual AAA membership, not that it would have helped much that night. \u00a0There were few year-round residents in that area, and no 24-hour businesses. \u00a0No radio stations either!<\/p>\n

Most people stayed home in that kind of weather, at least until the plows came through in the morning. \u00a0Me, I had to get back to work the next morning. \u00a0I made it, just in time to drive straight to the office.<\/p>\n

The Plymouth isn’t around anymore, but I have a lifetime of humorous travel stories with that car – for another post.<\/p>\n

Tell me: \u00a0what was your most harrowing drive? \u00a0Blizzard of \u00a0’66? \u00a0Snowstorm of \u00a0’77? \u00a0Ice storm of \u00a0’98? \u00a0Inquiring minds want to know!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

 
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