We had heard about a storm in South Dakota, but weren't really all that concerned about it. It's not as if we haven't seen snow before. And we hadn't seen any yet thus far. We finally saw the solid white stuff around mile 143 just north of Brooking. And you could tell that they had had quite a dump.
But it had stopped snowing.
It wasn't until a little further on, around mile 150 when all that snow started blowing across the highway that it got a little hairy. We drove about a 100 mile stretch in near white out conditions. A couple of times down to 20 mph following semis that were hogging the center of the road and wouldn't move over to let us pass. It took us a couple of hours to get through that blowing snow and washboard roads.
Then just as we crossed into North Dakota the winds died off and the sun came out and we had the usual crisp Sunny day you always get after a snow storm. We coasted on into Fargo and Dan could hardly turn the wheels to make the turn at the end of the off ramp because of so much ice and snow packed in around his front wheels. We certainly needed a drink and a rest after that afternoon. " Thank You Dan" for putting those Ice Radials on the truck before we left.
Then just as we crossed into North Dakota the winds died off and the sun came out and we had the usual crisp Sunny day you always get after a snow storm. We coasted on into Fargo and Dan could hardly turn the wheels to make the turn at the end of the off ramp because of so much ice and snow packed in around his front wheels. We certainly needed a drink and a rest after that afternoon. " Thank You Dan" for putting those Ice Radials on the truck before we left.
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