Stopped on IH-80. Actually, don't think I waited for more than 30 min. Just chatted on the phone.

Road dissapearing under the snow and ice. Cool thing is, that with chains, I could pass people on the right or wherever there was snow and ice, while they're doing 10 - 20mph.

My functioning cables. hahahaha actually, they were both working well here. But I like this photo. "Stay in his tracks son, stay in his tracks" :D

After the food coma set in for all of us, Cooper sleeping at my feet guarding his new Xmas gift "My toy!"

Then the kids went out to play. We started at the Bighorn bar, drank with a bunch of the locals, who were having snowball fights inside the bar. It helped that the bar owner was in on it, and flipping snowballs with the rest of them. hahaha fun shit. Then we hit the casinos.

(oops, need to edit the settings so the text is before the photos :D) Got on the road for another out of town trip for some fun. Headed out pretty early and drove up to Reno. With heavy predictions of snow, I can't wait to hit the slopes and some trails. :D

On top of all that, my mom will be in town, so we'll get a chance to catch up.

It was pretty miserable in San Francisco, raining very hard, which can only mean one thing...snow at elevation. Flippin' Awesome!!!

The drive was uneventful, got some hail in Sacramento...but just small stuff. A few miles up, in Colfax, the road signs were saying that IH-80 was closed due to zero visibility over the pass. WTF!? well, that sucks. Anyway, I just ignored the signs and kept driving. They update every hour, and sometimes, you just have to wait on the hwy till they reopen it.

At the chain control, they were exiting everyone...great!!! But as my luck is changing for the best...all around...as I got near the exit, they reopened the hwy. HELL YEAH!!! Cause man, I would have hated being the people who had to exit, as it was grid lock.

Made my way up the mtn, and it slowed as snow and ice were on the ground. Managed to go quite a ways without needing the cables on the tires. Finally near the top, I pulled over and threw the cables on, which was easier than I had imagined (haven't used them in over a year) and got going. Cruising along at 40mph was nice, passing all the other Californians who have no clue. haha

Took some photos on the way....

Near the end, somewhere near Verdi, I blew out one of my cables. So pulled over and removed it and just limped down off the ice till I hit Reno. Nothing major. Arrived around 2pm for an amazing Xmas meal of a slow cooked Honey Ham, green bean casserole, mashed potatos, and some sides and of course family to share it with.