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Well, I am down with the stomach flu. Very unpleasant. Haven't been able to get much of anything done on the bus at all. It's frustrating, but I'd rather have this hit me now than on the trip.
But it's been really cold here and rainy. And that means there's been snow in the Santa Cruz Mountains! :D And if you know me at all, I love playing in the mud and the snow. And I love showing that the bus can do it as well as any SUV even more!
But again, stomach flu. Not really a condition that makes it easy to get out and drive around for a while. Well, when Amber got off work yesterday and called me, she asked if I could see the snow in the hills and I not only said that I could but suggested that we go up there. Sure enough, she wanted to! And I was able to muster enough energy to drive the bus and hold myself together.
It was awesome! Must have been a good six to eight inches of snow up there. When we initially got to highways 9 and 35, 35 was closed out toward Castle Rock, so we parked at the vista point there and walked around and watched people play in the snow. And then...CalTrans got done plowing 35 and opened it! Well, we had to go exploring...that's where the attached video comes from. I only managed to get kind of stuck once, but I've studied enough bad weather driving to know to paddle the front wheels until I broke loose. But it was really a blast...and took all the energy I'd saved up out of me. It was a good shakedown trip for the Shasta Trip...and it sounds like we might be chained up for a good portion of the trip, too!
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