BRDof3...Rob 40 Posted December 11, 2012 Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 I had to come to Minneapolis yesterday for a meeting this morning. As I hit town I hit the 12+ inch snowfall they got over the weekend. Took me 45 minutes to go about 5 miles through the downtown "rush" hour. After checking in to the hotel I drove down the street to get dinner, and looked out to I-94. After dark, in the middle of the evening standstill traffic, and with temps in the low teens and snow/ice on the roads, I saw someone pulling a 30' travel trailer.I'm dedicated to the cause, but I believe I would have left that where it was for a few days. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tigger 33 Posted December 11, 2012 Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 My MH is allergic to snow :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted December 11, 2012 Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 My MH is allergic to snow :)Ours is too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tom 15 Posted December 11, 2012 Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 Forget about the mh,I am allergic to cold snow would most definitely put me into anaphylactic shock Quote Link to post Share on other sites
h2odivers...Ray 952 Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 I believe I would have been pulling that TT out of Minneapolis last month. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
h2odivers...Ray 952 Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 I believe I would have been pulling that TT out of Minneapolis last month. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
magnoliafig 51 Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 Not no but omg-are-you-kidding-me NO.I don't cross the Mason Dixon after Thanksgiving. When my husband called me one night in the middle of January in Montana complaining because snot froze in his mustache, I decided that's not a place for me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gots2pitt.. Jeff 64 Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 Not no but omg-are-you-kidding-me NO.I don't cross the Mason Dixon after Thanksgiving. When my husband called me one night in the middle of January in Montana complaining because snot froze in his mustache, I decided that's not a place for me.That's just because you aren't sure where the snot would freeze, not having a mustache. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PJ 2 Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 My MH is allergic to snow :)Our MH's snow allergy is MUCH better since we both retired as of 6/1, and its spending Winter 20 minutes from the Fort instead of buried under snow in Wisconsin for 6 months. (DH's snow allergy is much better also - he had elevated despising Winter to an art form...) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tigger 33 Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 My MH spends the winter in the garage I think it actually shivers if I open the door and it sees snow outside. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
magnoliafig 51 Posted December 14, 2012 Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 That's just because you aren't sure where the snot would freeze, not having a mustache.My eyebrows? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fugarwe(MN John(Juanito)) 23 Posted December 31, 2012 Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 Up here in Minnesota that's how we roll. When vacation is scheduled it's time to go! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BradyBzLyn...Mo 2,023 Posted December 31, 2012 Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 When we pulled out to head to the Fort in November there was snow on the ground from the night before. It wasn't much, and it was the wet stuff, but it was a slow crawl out of our neighborhood to the main streets, which were just wet.We hit snow coming home one year in CT. I swear that state wouldn't know how to clear a road if you handed them a fleet of plows!Made for an interesting couple of hours, but we crawled through it fine.Now just don't talk to me about the freakin' wind.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LONE-STAR 370 Posted December 31, 2012 Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 Now just don't talk to me about the freakin' wind....On our way home from the fort this year the wind was bad. Steady 30 mph winds with gust more then that. Head winds weren't to bad our new truck would still pull through them 75 mph but wind from the side would sure slow me down. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BradyBzLyn...Mo 2,023 Posted December 31, 2012 Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 We had that on the way down last year. It was bad enough that even the tractor trailers were slowing way down. Given it was our first trip to the Fort after our accident, we were both white knuckling it - even DH and he wasn't driving!This year we had pretty decent steady winds all the way from NH to VA, but it was nowhere near as strong, and there weren't a lot of gusts. Still stressful driving, but it helped that it was during the day, the roads were dry and the traffic was light. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LONE-STAR 370 Posted December 31, 2012 Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 Going through Alabama my phone starts making this loud noise. It was a tornado warning in our area, it was pouring down, and we were in the middle of trees and couldn't see a thing. At least it was day light. But the wind does make for more stressful driving. You get tired a lot faster when the wind is blowing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rdancemom... Pam 113 Posted December 31, 2012 Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 Oh no we don't...there's not enough rum on the planet to keep me in that passenger seat. We hit the same winds last fall that Mo hit and I was already quizzing the kids to make sure they knew the number for 911. Don't even want to think about hauling in a snowstorm... :panic: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tigger 33 Posted December 31, 2012 Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 On our way home from Disney this year we hit the edge of a tropical storm/ hurricane near the Florida state line. A suden gust of wind hit the drivers side of the MH so hard it felt like being hit broadside by a small car. It pushed me to the shoulder so fast I thought we hadbblown a tire or broken something in the suspension. I never left the pavment but upon inspection the side of the trailer was covered with mud from the side of the road. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fugarwe(MN John(Juanito)) 23 Posted December 31, 2012 Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 I forgot to mention the snowstorm/ice mess we came through in TN two years ago. (maybe it was three)? The ice had frozen on the freeways near Nashville and it was like driving on the bumpy part of test track, for miles and miles. We came up to an accident on the north side where three people died after sliding and falling off a bridge. We beat the ambulances there. They closed the road and I ended up having to back the 32 foot RV with the 20 foot enclosed trailer up on that ice. The cops didn't think I could do it, but I just told them I'm from Minnesota, this is a normal day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BradyBzLyn...Mo 2,023 Posted December 31, 2012 Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 Yikes!!Ok snow is one thing, but ice even scares me a little. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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