it began to snow about 2:30 p.m.on sunday, the 24th of December. i watched it till 4, then made the call to my employer, asking if someone would drive me to my shift, when they phoned back, i was told to try it on my own. so I left my home earlier than usual, made it to Hwy 101, where traffic was crawling along at 25-30 mph. i felt comfortable with this. made it to Blyn, turned off the Hwy, to a much less traveled road. it was dark, but light because of the snow! the road was covered, about 1" in snow. i crawled along the curvy, hilly 2 lane road for over 2 miles going 20-25 mph. reached my clients driveway, which makes a hairpin turn off the road, and is very steep down to another hairpin curve. i thought i would turn around, and leave my car up there, and walk down. it tool about 7 tries to get backed up, it was very slippery, and i was on the level area! finally got enough traction to back onto the road, and found a safe level place to park. bundled up, grabbed a flashlight, and trekked down to the home of my client. got in, greeted the family, the previous care giver left. however, she could not get up the driveway. so the family went out, and got her to the road, came back in, and told me to go home. Oh GREAT!! i just did this drive, now i get to do it again!! so i bundled up, the family drove me up to my car, then escorted me to the Hwy. I stopped to tell them tank you, and had to give my bluebelle alot of gas to get going. thankfully, there was a break in the traffic on the Hwy, so i didn't have to stop at the stop sign, but eased right onto the Hwy, and crawled back to Sequim at 30mph.
so now i have really driven in snow!!
then monday morning, i had a shift, just south on 3rd, 1 mile. tried to pull bluebelle out tof the garage, and wasn't getting traction. so backed right back into the garage. came in phoned my employer, no one available to take me, so i bundled up again, and headed out. it was so beautiful!! snowing all the way there. it took me about 20 minutes to walk up the hill, then had to guess which driveway to use to get to her apartment. Father guided me, and i was at her building. spent my 90 minutes, then bunldled up and trekked home again. the snow had stopped falling, the snowplow had plowed 3rd, several times, made it home again in 25 minutes. so NOW i can say to my kids n grands " i walked 2 miles round trip, in the snow to get to work"!!!
