64 inches of snow?? Wow --- where was that?

Cheers,
Doug

On 1/22/08, Chad Lyles <chad.lyles@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> We went on a short trip to the mountains (bagby hot springs)  this
> weekend... encountered about 64inches of snow, and about 3000 ft elevation
> change with only wire chains on the rear (i'm not condoning driving under
> such conditions nor gloating about my sever and potentially hazardous lack
> of foresight) BUT, i am so impressed with my "no frills GL"!!! dont get me
> wrong it was quite frightening, (mainly because i didnt even check the
> weather report) and we were kinda stuck in a one way route. but thats not
> the point of the story... the point is that vanagons are BEASTS... i
> couldnt
> believe it! handles great in hard snow pack, slush, and on ice! the only
> time trouble arose was when we missed a turn and tried to turn around and
> we
> got high sided... we got stuck... for a long time... but a nice fellow in
> a
> 4x4 toyota pulled us free... we continued on to the site.. where we ran
> into
> some vanagon lovers who were beside them selves when they saw my little
> hop-a-long GL roll up through a few feet of snow!
> moral of the story is .. ALWAYS check the weather and road conditions
> before
> you head out! Hoppy is a CHAMPION!
>
> --
> Chad~
> 84gl "Hop-a-long"
>

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