Unexpected snow...

We had a snowstorm 2 nights ago. On the way home, I realized I wasn't going to make it all the way. The tires were spinning a little on the hairpin turn about a mile away from the house. It's mostly uphill from there so I started looking for a turnout. About half a mile later, I saw the volunteer fire station. There's a nice flat turnout there but I wondered if I would get towed or ticketed for blocking part of a fire station's driveway, so I pressed on.

At this point, the tires were more spinning than gripping and I was headed to tight, right-hand turn.... which leads into the last, steep uphill to my road's turnout. I tapped the gas to see if I could get any sort of speed into the turn and I just started to slowdown, since the tires were only gripping slush and snow.

Fortunately, there was a turnout on the outside of the turn. I coaxed the car across the road and gunned it the last 30 feet. The car came to a stop on it's own with snow piled up in front. I was stuck... on the shoulder... but definitely stuck.

I popped the trunk to get my flashlight, donned my jacket, and started walking in the tire tracks heading up the road. I was wearing very breathable running shoes. Great for those summer jogs in the forest... not so great in slushy snow that was over ankle-high.

It was snowing still. Very quiet too. And I could see pretty well in the dim light. When I got home, Taiga was so excited to play with me. I was pretty wet and cold but she had that childish, joyful look. We ran around in the snow for about 20 minutes before I had to go in or start really chattering from the cold.

The snow is still around today. I think I'll head back down the road now to go get the car from the shoulder. Life's a little more interesting with snow.