Up here in northern Minnesota we got a little bit of snow tonight. And a little wind as well.
My 17 mile drive home from work at 1:00 AM took EVERY ounce of my driving skill (not to toot my own horn, but I have a considerable amount), and it also took every bit of 4WD goodness my little turtle (Toyota Tercel 4WD station wagon) could stick on the road!!
Turning off the main road onto my dirt road I was faced with a slight challenge :
Just where exactly WAS my road!!
The fields on either side of the road, the 6 foot deep ditches, and the road itself were all blended in to the exact same level!! It was a perfectly flat white plain.....
So I lined up the road's weight limit sign, a small tree that I know is growing in the opposite ditch, and another small street sign a little further down the road and just aimed right down the middle of the three!!
Got to my dirveway safe and sound, but there was a slight moment of panic there when I realised I couldn't identify my street!!
I'll go out in the morning and take a picture, but the effect will be spoiled by the fact that my two neighbors will have driven down the road, leaving thier tire marks to show the road. Of course, they will have followed mine to get there....
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1986 Tercel Wagon 4X4 SR5
193,000 rusted out miles and still going strong!!
My 17 mile drive home from work at 1:00 AM took EVERY ounce of my driving skill (not to toot my own horn, but I have a considerable amount), and it also took every bit of 4WD goodness my little turtle (Toyota Tercel 4WD station wagon) could stick on the road!!
Turning off the main road onto my dirt road I was faced with a slight challenge :
Just where exactly WAS my road!!
The fields on either side of the road, the 6 foot deep ditches, and the road itself were all blended in to the exact same level!! It was a perfectly flat white plain.....
So I lined up the road's weight limit sign, a small tree that I know is growing in the opposite ditch, and another small street sign a little further down the road and just aimed right down the middle of the three!!
Got to my dirveway safe and sound, but there was a slight moment of panic there when I realised I couldn't identify my street!!
I'll go out in the morning and take a picture, but the effect will be spoiled by the fact that my two neighbors will have driven down the road, leaving thier tire marks to show the road. Of course, they will have followed mine to get there....
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1986 Tercel Wagon 4X4 SR5
193,000 rusted out miles and still going strong!!
