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<blockquote data-quote="huffed98snake" data-source="post: 13870913" data-attributes="member: 156055"><p>This is an account of my 4,500 mile "adventure". A buddy and I flew out from Boise, ID to Virginia to pick up the 04' in my sig. This was in November of last year, right around that first winter storm hit the entire south and blew out over the east coast.</p><p></p><p>Due to impending weather, we had to adjust our route further south several times in an attempt to avoid the snow.</p><p></p><p>Day one was fine, after obtaining a 3 day temporary registration from the Virginia DMV, we left Virginia late afternoon and made it to Knoxville that night. Tennessee kicked ass. Beautiful scenery and awesome BBQ.</p><p></p><p>Day two. Destination, Dallas/Fort Worth. The first truly bad weather we hit was in Arkansas. Driving at night through a torrential rain in a car with 5% tinted windows and tinted headlight covers was awesome. Visibility steadily declined as we went on. We decided to shorten up our leg and stop in Texarkana. Visibility continued to decline until I literally couldn't see the lines on the freeway. At this point we are doing 50 mph due to poor visibility using taillights in front to see our way. The rain steadily increased in intensity as we went along. Think white knuckles for around 100 miles. A low visibility situation quickly evolved into a low traction situation as we started to hydroplane all over the freeway. It was at that point I decided to call it a night and shack up in the next town with a Holiday Inn. That turned out to be Hope, AR. We made it! Whew. I needed a beer (or six). Stop at the gas station to pick up a 12 pack. No joy. Dry county. Lovely. Lucky for us we had two beers left over from the night before. My nerves needed it.</p><p></p><p>Day 3. El Paso here we come. Gotta make up for lost time. Temporary registration expires in another day. We are very happy to get into Texas with relatively nice weather. It's cold and drizzly but it's not frozen yet and its not a downpour. We were happy. We are happily motoring along approaching Midland when the temp starts to drop and freezing rain starts coming down. Damnit. We stopped in Midland to wait out the freezing rain for the night. </p><p></p><p></p><p> Day 4. This is what we woke up to. This is the balcony outside our hotel room in downtown Midland. We aren't going anywhere. Another day lost. Also got pulled over for the first time for no plates while out trying to dig up some tacos. Good luck with that in west Texas on a Sunday in the middle of an ice storm. It was a miracle ANYTHING was open.</p><p> </p><p> [ATTACH=full]544237[/ATTACH]</p><p> </p><p> Day 5. Phoenix or bust. The freeway was dry-ish and the temps were in the mid 30's. We are good to go. Although we now have a new hazard to watch out for. Massive sheets of 1"+ thick ice blowing off the tops of trucks and trailers. Those suckers really sail at freeway speed. Spent the next 100 miles dodging flying sheets of ice. When we went through El Paso we got pulled over again by a friendly THP for no plates. No worries he sent us on our way. We had another moment of worry as we went through a border patrol check station. We thought for sure wed got pulled aside for no plates. Nope. All he asked was, "Are you both American citizens?" "Yup.", we said. "Have a nice trip.", he said. Whew! The last bit of anxiety for this day came and went as we crossed the high desert plateau across New Mexico and on into Arizona. We had a very close eye on the temp as the freeway was still wet in spots and it was very cold on the plateau. We made it off the plateau right as the temps dropped below 30*. Whew. Nothing but dry warm roads ahead!</p><p> </p><p> We make it to Phoenix around midnight. We were in town literally five minutes when we get pulled over by Mesa PD. He took off in a hurry when I showed him the written warning the THP gave me. Funny enough, he was the only one of the three law enforcement officers to actually verify the cars VIN against my paperwork. LOL</p><p> </p><p> Day 6. Phoenix was a PITA due to reason unrelated to the car or weather. The Excursions I detoured to Phoenix to look at for the wife were overpriced pieces of junk. Yet another day wasted. Our wives are getting anxious as it is now the Tuesday before Thanksgiving and we are still 1000 miles away. We try to get out of Phoenix around 4 p.m. With traffic, we cleared town around 7 p.m. On to Vegas for the night. Had an excellent dinner at Lago's inside the Venitian.</p><p> </p><p> Day 7. It's time to get home. We spent around 14 hours on the road that day/night to power on home. I finally pulled into my garage at midnight Wednesday/Thursday morning. </p><p> </p><p> Sorry for the novel. I thought a few might enjoy the "adventure". I left out quite a bit of detail. LOL</p><p> </p><p> Day 7.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="huffed98snake, post: 13870913, member: 156055"] This is an account of my 4,500 mile "adventure". A buddy and I flew out from Boise, ID to Virginia to pick up the 04' in my sig. This was in November of last year, right around that first winter storm hit the entire south and blew out over the east coast. Due to impending weather, we had to adjust our route further south several times in an attempt to avoid the snow. Day one was fine, after obtaining a 3 day temporary registration from the Virginia DMV, we left Virginia late afternoon and made it to Knoxville that night. Tennessee kicked ass. Beautiful scenery and awesome BBQ. Day two. Destination, Dallas/Fort Worth. The first truly bad weather we hit was in Arkansas. Driving at night through a torrential rain in a car with 5% tinted windows and tinted headlight covers was awesome. Visibility steadily declined as we went on. We decided to shorten up our leg and stop in Texarkana. Visibility continued to decline until I literally couldn't see the lines on the freeway. At this point we are doing 50 mph due to poor visibility using taillights in front to see our way. The rain steadily increased in intensity as we went along. Think white knuckles for around 100 miles. A low visibility situation quickly evolved into a low traction situation as we started to hydroplane all over the freeway. It was at that point I decided to call it a night and shack up in the next town with a Holiday Inn. That turned out to be Hope, AR. We made it! Whew. I needed a beer (or six). Stop at the gas station to pick up a 12 pack. No joy. Dry county. Lovely. Lucky for us we had two beers left over from the night before. My nerves needed it. Day 3. El Paso here we come. Gotta make up for lost time. Temporary registration expires in another day. We are very happy to get into Texas with relatively nice weather. It's cold and drizzly but it's not frozen yet and its not a downpour. We were happy. We are happily motoring along approaching Midland when the temp starts to drop and freezing rain starts coming down. Damnit. We stopped in Midland to wait out the freezing rain for the night. Day 4. This is what we woke up to. This is the balcony outside our hotel room in downtown Midland. We aren't going anywhere. Another day lost. Also got pulled over for the first time for no plates while out trying to dig up some tacos. Good luck with that in west Texas on a Sunday in the middle of an ice storm. It was a miracle ANYTHING was open. [ATTACH=full]544237[/ATTACH] Day 5. Phoenix or bust. The freeway was dry-ish and the temps were in the mid 30's. We are good to go. Although we now have a new hazard to watch out for. Massive sheets of 1"+ thick ice blowing off the tops of trucks and trailers. Those suckers really sail at freeway speed. Spent the next 100 miles dodging flying sheets of ice. When we went through El Paso we got pulled over again by a friendly THP for no plates. No worries he sent us on our way. We had another moment of worry as we went through a border patrol check station. We thought for sure wed got pulled aside for no plates. Nope. All he asked was, "Are you both American citizens?" "Yup.", we said. "Have a nice trip.", he said. Whew! The last bit of anxiety for this day came and went as we crossed the high desert plateau across New Mexico and on into Arizona. We had a very close eye on the temp as the freeway was still wet in spots and it was very cold on the plateau. We made it off the plateau right as the temps dropped below 30*. Whew. Nothing but dry warm roads ahead! We make it to Phoenix around midnight. We were in town literally five minutes when we get pulled over by Mesa PD. He took off in a hurry when I showed him the written warning the THP gave me. Funny enough, he was the only one of the three law enforcement officers to actually verify the cars VIN against my paperwork. LOL Day 6. Phoenix was a PITA due to reason unrelated to the car or weather. The Excursions I detoured to Phoenix to look at for the wife were overpriced pieces of junk. Yet another day wasted. Our wives are getting anxious as it is now the Tuesday before Thanksgiving and we are still 1000 miles away. We try to get out of Phoenix around 4 p.m. With traffic, we cleared town around 7 p.m. On to Vegas for the night. Had an excellent dinner at Lago's inside the Venitian. Day 7. It's time to get home. We spent around 14 hours on the road that day/night to power on home. I finally pulled into my garage at midnight Wednesday/Thursday morning. Sorry for the novel. I thought a few might enjoy the "adventure". I left out quite a bit of detail. LOL Day 7. [/QUOTE]
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