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Do do not currently have a full picture, but here is shooting off the back last Saturday. It was -8 that morning, but that's Colorado Life when you have a new scope to sight in.
Not playing in the snow. Rather, staying out of trouble. These were taken last Saturday after we got about 12 inches. I wasn't about to go out driving, after all I was sick, didn't need anything and had nothing to prove. Although, kind of jealous of those that actually went out to play and drive in the snow. Maybe if I had 4x4 I might have gone out to play. It rained last night and most of the snow is gone.
I LOVE playing around in the snow. Yesterday we got about 6" of snow, and I had a blast driving around in it. Love getting a little 4WD drift going while turning onto the highway.
RWD trucks are a blast, too...just need enough throttle to make the rear end get lively.
We got about 9-10 inches here in SE Virginia last Friday night into Saturday night. Very rare for us to get snow in that amount and the area is less than prepared for any significant snow event.
Fortunately for me my F-150 aka "snowcat" was more than up to the task! I had to work Saturday and I broke through all kinds of new tracks getting there and back home again. Typically the snow here is heavy wet snow that packs quickly and turns to a sheet of ice.
My truck walks right through it and the BFG Rugged Terrains help a bit as well.
Now, having said all that and being thankful to own a 4x4 truck, the real test of a winter driver comes in the form of getting behind the wheel of a postal LLV and driving in the same storm. I never got stuck once but I rocked it back and forth quite a lot and giving it as little pedal as necessary, it's possible to get around fairly efficiently.
No pics, sorry. I was too busy protecting myself from the natives, after all, I am from Maine.
Our favorite coffee shop is prob 5min and less than two miles away. It took me 20 minutes and 7 miles to get there...Kind of like those old Dennis the Menace comics.
Only 3-4 inches on the ground, but enough to shut Seattle down. All schools are closed. I'm sure everyone that gets "real snow" during the winter will get a good laugh from that.
Well, the kind of snow you get on the coast is worse than what we get further inland. Over here in Calgary we've had a foot of snow, and some areas on the mountains have had three feet in the last week. But even small cars on good tires can get around in one foot of our dry fluffy snow.
Well, the kind of snow you get on the coast is worse than what we get further inland. Over here in Calgary we've had a foot of snow, and some areas on the mountains have had three feet in the last week. But even small cars on good tires can get around in one foot of our dry fluffy snow.
True that! I recall going through easily in 1 foot of snow when I lived in Minnesota. The stuff was light and fluffy. Here in North California, the snow we get in the Sierra is referred to as "Sierra Cement". Very dense, and very heavy. It often piles up several feet thick in the high Sierra. In the coastal areas, the snow will be coming down at very near freezing temperature, so tends to be very much more "moist" for lack of a better term.
