What I can tell you about the smoke in southern Washington! Up by rainier it looks a lot like the Smokey mountains! Low distance visibility, a bit of snot and a tiny bit of itchy eyes!
So basically what I felt was like hitting the 1st truck route on I-5 out of castaic ca….
Not a lot of damage from last nights storm! A few broken twigs, another broken limb on the tree in the front yard! ( so glad I topped the cherry tree earlier this year! It would have toppled for sure! )
No fence damage, no roof damage! ( I have all the lumber now to replace the fence just need some fucking time to do it! )
What I’m impressed with is the fact all 3 garbage cans are upright! When the storm woke me up last night. I was just sure they were blown to Kansas….
Anyhoot, I went to make an omelette for bfast and realized I have no hashbrowns or sausage! So see ya, off to the store I go…..
I am also seriously glad I have all my major electronics on a battery back up! I only have 2 clocks to reset! Yay!
Is correct gramps! Then every morning god too wakes up. Puts on his lady hair. Coats an inch of makeup on and spends the day driving his 18 wheeler pretending to be a woman?
I’m correct in gods logic? Yes?
Also, why would god pull a reefer? You would think he would be smarter than that?
I digress, he did allow Mormons to come into existence! So obviously he’s not perfect!
After having to constantly replace the sprinkler heads after the kids would mow the lawn. Yea I stopped using it!
So I went and picked up this really adjustable, cheap sprinklers from ace hardware! I was shocked how adjustable these things are! From a small area to a large area these things actually work better than the inground system!
Added bonus you can daisy chain them together and basically do the same shit an in ground does only without the monster hassle!
$18 for 2 at ace…..
Longevity is unknown but I’m sure you can get atleast a summer out of them…..
I’m really fucking sore! Today I got to throw maximum chains! All to drive on wet roads for 30 miles!
First of all I was shocked I had 6 rails that were all intact.
Second of all California is really pushing this chain law shit!
Third of all, I’m officially tired of snow!
Best part is, I now have a nail in one tire and a chunk of chain in the other! You can dodge lost chains in the middle of the road! You can’t dodge broken links in the road! ( you can’t see them! )
FYI, supposed to be a blizzard up there tonight in Truckee…..
Yet considering this is the 3rd season using these same chains! I’m pretty sure they have earned there keep! Too bad most will have to be thrown away after this season! They are fubard!
And that’s why I usually wear my carhartt winter bibs when chaining! Except it wasn’t snowing…..
Only seven hours from the 76 south of Phoenix to the bug station! And a half hour of that was just trying to get through the bug station. The other five hours was just trying to get over Ashland!
On a good note I only had to throw chains once! excluding the two chains that broke! I am impressed as these are the same chains. I got brand new when I got the truck brand new so we’re talking three-year-old chains!
I will tell you I will sleep extremely well tonight!
Even though tripcheck.com, said no restrictions, carry chains or traction devices!
And this is the asshole up right in the middle of the fucking road so no one can get by, to throw chains!
I will tell you today has proven the exact reason for the term “ trucker tarded!” The saying “ a group is only as smart as the person with the lowest IQ.”
Get to the chain check and they tell me that just put chains required back into effect! So i got turned around there!
Then a lovely b&b truck just stops in the middle of the turn around detour! So that’s where we all were stuck throwing chains!
It gets better!
So I make it about a mile and hear the infamous thud of chains on metal! Fuck! My drag chains broke a link! So I run that thing till I get to a good spot to change it out!
Right as I finish tightening the last cam adjuster. A state crew guy walks buy and says, “ chain law has been lifted!”