Tuesday, I was supposed to have lunch with my best old ex-teaching buddy Mabel. Hick still thought we could make it. As late as Monday afternoon, Hick was espousing his driving skills. Well. That backfired on the jabby sweaver, when Tuesday morning, he slid back home with his figurative tail between his legs, after having figuratively bent over to kiss his butt goodbye.
HICK COULD NOT LEAVE THE ENCLAVE!
He said SilverRedO could not make it up either the hill to the mailboxes, or the hill to HOS's (Hick's Oldest Son's) former residence. So...Hick started back home. Sadly, he got stuck on HICK AND BUDDY'S BADLY BLACKTOPPED HILL! I'm sure their bad blacktopping had nothing to do with it. Ice is ice.
Anyhoo...Hick said he slid off the road, and had to roll back down. Where he slid again. And only made it to the top after driving on the not-road part when he slid off again. Not surprising. Hick is really good at driving on not-road.
Of course Hick still declared that we could make the 35 minute drive to Mabel's over twisty hilly two-lane blacktop, as long as we waited 90 minutes for melting by sunlight. Mabel and I were not so sure. We put off our meeting until Friday. But I DID puff up Hick's ego by asking him to drive me to the store to lay in provisions for our Christmas dinner that will be served Saturday evening. Hick agreed, saying,
"We'll take your Tahoe!"
More on that story tomorrow. For now, here's a couple of
Anyhoo...we made it to town and back, but not without a kerfuffle that was of course blogworthy. Tomorrow.
While ice on the road makes some cower, real men find an excuse to go somewhere and prove they can drive on ice.
ReplyDeleteIts in the book of man rules!
Who knew Hick read a book! Not this ol' Val, that's for sure.
DeleteI love the snow, but the ice is so treacherous. HeWho collected his bobcat that he owns along with his former boss, now partner in renting out equipment before the snow started and Kevin has kept the seat warm on that bobcat since. We have the best roads in the county!! Just here inside our little world, that is.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your multifaceted Kevin!
DeleteOh! Where are the spy cameras like you see everywhere in James Bond's Live and Let Die? I would have loved to watch Hick rolling and sliding his way home. Apart from that, I'm glad he made it home safely. Do you have snow chains for your tyres?
ReplyDeleteNo chains here. They have fallen out of favor. When Hick was just a lad, working for all the candy he could eat, he put chains on many a vehicle headed for work. I know that, because he just told me on the way to town.
DeleteHick says that the main roads get cleared a lot faster these days, and that 4WD with decent tires is good enough. Now in the mountains, he said, that's another story.
Ice you can have it! My daughter drives a Mustang and won't even make it up a slight incline on ice. Hick is a daredevil.
ReplyDeleteWe still have an icy section along the creek on our gravel road. The Pony has a Nissan Rogue, all-wheel drive, and we fishtailed around a curve. Not sure if the driver had anything to do with that...slower might have helped. We got up the moderate incline just fine.
DeleteIce storms are horrible. You have to go up a steep hill to get to our neighborhood so we just don't go out. Let alone our driveway....yikes!
ReplyDeleteI used to give it a try, but now I'm content to stay in, even though it means a day without my 44 oz Diet Coke, and lottery tickets. We still have ice on our brick sidewalk, and on part of the gravel road. Temps have been in the 40s, but that compacted sleet doesn't want to melt.
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