When we pulled in for the night we heard sleet hitting the truck ... thinking we should have either kept going or it was a good thing we pulled in ...
So we wake up this morning to about an inch of solid ice all over the rest area where we stayed the night .... so we went to the restroom and then made coffee and we happen to notice there was absolutely NO traffic in either direction on the road headed up or down the canyon. So we got to talking to other truckers and they said the roads are bad and that we should chain up ... well we were parked on a slight hill and its hard to chain like that so we pulled around the other side of the rest area to chain ... Hubby had never chained before .. he was shown how to do it in class but never had done it .. about 10 minutes into chaining it starts pouring freezing rain ... he finally gets the chains laid down and you have to pull forward onto them so you can wrap them around the tires and we start to slide to the left ... CRASH right into a sign in the rest area .. took it completely out of the ground....... finally get the chains on and go to leave the rest area and on the on ramp to the highway there is a fedex truck STUCK and sliding backwards ... so we creep around him .. make sure he is ok and no need to get out nothing we can do to help ...
We get out on the road and you can't go fast at all with chains on so we are creeping ... we finally get about 17 miles to the next truck stop and pull in for cigarettes and drinks.
As we are getting ready to leave this guy comes up to the truck and says he has never chained before and doesnt know how to do it ... asks for help .. so hubby jumps out and helps him out .. that takes about an hour ....
We head on up the road still creeping .. the roads finally clear up so we can pull over and take the chains off which takes about 30 minutes ...
Had to make our way back through the pass and drop down into Pendleton Oregon where I finally have service ...
Phewwwwwww the things I get to experience riding in this passenger seat ...
Oh and for those that dont know I have MAJOR anxiety issues so this has made me a nervous wreck!!!!!
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