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Monday, October 10, 2005 Rawlings, Wyoming It’s Crazy!!! Early October and it’s Snowing … Last night, after work, we saw the rain storms coming, and driving down those two track dirt roads for hours to get to civilization I felt the cold rain come. Exiting the high desert where I work, I noticed it was in the low 30’s.

Too cold for an open window. I could see the tarantulas migrating fast across the road searching warmth - late bloomers who didn’t migrate fast enough. The rain storms were horrible, but nothing compared to what met me last night around 9 pm, just north of Colorado Springs … hard core rain turning to a blinding blanket of snow. Many not used to driving in snow, skidding everywhere, wrecks all along the journey, cops pulling people over. It got so slippery and crazy, I pulled over and slept at a rest area outside of Cheyenne, Wyoming. It’s in the high 20’s. This morning, woke up frozen solid, my car covered in snow, digging my way out, feet frozen. Soon enough, the car defrosted after removing piles of snow off the windshield - wondering if the cracks in the windshield got worse. Grabbed a Wyoming map and had a frustrating and edge-of-your-seat drive from Cheyenne to Rawlings. Slipping, cars skidding, cars turning over, Semis-overturned. finally once over the mountains, got down to some plains before the next set of mountains - it’s still snowing, but its lightly sticking. I may not get to Seattle tonight, depending on what snow lies ahead … It’s still around 32 degrees F.

snow storm in Wyoming early October 2005 ©2005 Technogypsie.com, click photo for larger view

leafworks wrote this on October 11th, 2005 and filed it under Close Calls, Travel, Travel Report, Wandering |