Trapped Chicken

I will admit that I am the world biggest chicken when it comes to driving in really bad snow storms. Nuff said. Over the hill I came to Nevada to return the kid home. Ugh, yeah, we knew the storms were coming in but a fifteen year old has to attend school so, off we go.

The Sierra storms cut off Calif from Nevada – when the weather service says chains required I interpret it as meaning – stay home it is nasty out there. When the storm warnings say life threatening I hide under my blankets. Now here I sit, in a place called Stagecoach, NV. on a computer that has normal dial-up look speedy typing days later after I ventured over the mountains.

I do not “do” snow flakes as large as silver dollars well, I so do not “do” inches of snow, high winds, zero visability, and frozen mud holes. Ummm…

I actually made it way out to the horse coral and watched as ice was bashed from the water toughs. The hoses are frozen – I think to myself – like DUH what did you expect? So now we have to string hose after hose all the way from the house to the back corals. Freezing cold nasty hoses. One hose short we have to fill up a garbage barrel with water and pour it over a fence to the dogs water container that just happens to be oh so not conviently wired to the fence. Burr, then drain all the water from said hoses by walking and dragging them over my shoulders to help it drain out one end. Did you know that I can blow water out of a 50 ft hose with my old lungs – yup – I learned what back flush does too LOL.

Now the Truckee river canal broke flooding homes futher in the valley and the snow keeps coming and the temperatures keep going down. My poor little two wheeled truck I fear will not make it out the frozen snow covered ice mud driveway out to the main mud/snow/muk/ road to get to the highway area where the mailboxes are. I am a chicken. Will I be able to get the dang truck to the highway and if I do will the pass at Donner and Truckee be driveable?

Dang it is COLD here – my coffee is never hot LOL and my feet either.

Hope to make it to California when the sun comes up and the snow and ice go away . … till then – it is COLD here did I mention that?