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MOP
12-06-2003, 03:09 PM
Spoke to Poodle and rustnrot all is well they are headed for sunshine, all the loading and unloading of boats and trailers went well. :) :)

terry
12-06-2003, 04:39 PM
Glad to hear that, I know the weather was a pain for them on the way up.......

BUIZILLA
12-07-2003, 08:15 PM
The way up wasn't the problem Ted, except for two speeding idiots that passed us... one smacked a guard rail in front of a semi eek! in front of us, and the other went from the right lane across traffic and into the median :rolleyes: ..

The first couple hours on the way back... now, that was a different story eek! wink I literally slid out of a service station, after getting stuck right at the pump.. and we then crawled for about 40-50 miles, if I would have come to a dead stop, I never would have been able to get going again. I had to start off in 2nd gear/auto at lights and ramps.. I was the ONLY 2wd dually we saw the entire state of NJ on Saturday navigating the slop all day... And we were the ONLY vehicle towing a trailer, much less a BOAT !! Once we got to NJTP, it was clear sailing south. But, from Pearsons house up R9, and west across 195, it was a nail biter. We had about 8-10 miles of solid whiteout blizzard with 10-30 foot visibility, 30 knot winds, no lane markings, single file travel, but the trusty Ford PS kept chugging. After a while, we could see maybe 200 yards at best, mostly it was 10-50 yards.. I was pretty impressed with the traffic flow actually. All we heard repeatedly on the radio was that NJTP had 1700 vehicles fighting the snow, but we only saw no more than 4 or 5 moving... we appreciated you following up on us MOP. We lost Tom somewhere's, I was afraid to stop, so we just kept trucking along with the Crit in tow.

J

MOP
12-07-2003, 08:27 PM
Got mail from Tom he got home safe, did you guys THAW out yet :D :D

terry
12-07-2003, 08:43 PM
Welcome HOME! Glad you guys are safe :)

mattyboy
12-07-2003, 08:43 PM
Hey potless hope you took the opportunity to wright your name in the snow!!!!! eek! :p wink :D


Matty

Air 22
12-07-2003, 08:47 PM
Poodle...good talkin w/ ya today..glad you had a safe trip...gotta love that snow huh??? :D Just makes the plam tree's swaying a little sweeter and the sun feel a little warmer... wink

Rootsy
12-07-2003, 08:52 PM
snow? HA... you northeast folks are LUCKY! this is snow eek! ... nothing like a Michigan UP winter to invigorate ya eh wink

http://www.pasty.com/discuss/messages/1779/2342.html#PN

good to see you guys had a safe trip :) ...

Root - been there, done that, got the frostbite scars to prove it...

BUIZILLA
12-07-2003, 08:56 PM
MadPoodle
Charter member WAFNC&SBBR :D :D wink :cool:

rustnrot
12-07-2003, 08:59 PM
I for one am extremely impressed that Jim and Scott made it thru ok with 2wd. I grew up in Michigan and have never seen it snow so hard. I had to swerve to avoid a guy that spun out in front of me and ended up in the "grass" beside the shoulder. It was at least a foot deep on top of mushy grass/ground. It took 20 minutes of rocking to get free. And that was with 4wd. If I did not have 4wd I would still be stuck there.

Many thanks to Phil Ashley (MOP) and Scott Pearson for this entire trip going so smooth!!

ToonaFish
12-07-2003, 11:15 PM
Y'all are certifiable. And I warned you to get sled dogs. Eight tiny reindeer would have done in a pinch.

But I'm too chicken to try to decipher WAFNC&SBBR - any hints?

Bunches,

Celene "Maddogs and Englishmen aren't the only folks too silly to get out of the weather"

oldLenny
12-08-2003, 07:18 PM
...what a %^$*#'in nut case and stupid...am I close?

BUIZILLA
12-08-2003, 09:00 PM
Lenny....

Close but no cigar..

J :cool:

mattyboy
12-08-2003, 09:05 PM
WHAT A FARGIN NUT CASE & SCOTT BAXTER BLIZZARD RIDER


Matty

BUIZILLA
12-08-2003, 09:17 PM
eh Matty..
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Nope :p

Ed Donnelly
12-09-2003, 02:54 AM
SBBR Scott Buizilla Burn Rubber...Ed

BUIZILLA
12-09-2003, 06:56 AM
Ed Donnelly:
SBBR Scott Buizilla Burn Rubber...Ed catchy, but nope... wink

DAULEY
12-09-2003, 07:29 AM
wafnc= what a fricken nice criterion
glad to hear you guys had a safe trip
how about some pixs