bad night to herd 40 tons over

They have a diner nearby don’t order the special.

I parked at little america outside cheyenne once, bad blizzard. no way to get over the hill into laramie. waitresses began changing the menus. prices were a bunch higher. was there two days. have not even stopped for coffee since

The chain monkeys make good money installing and pulling chains for the flat landers on both sides of the summit

$500 on a good night

Donner Pass.

Not a good place to spend the winter.
If you do go through there in winter, know who your friends are.

Last time I chained up was on La Vida pass in CO. Not usually a big deal that hill. Going west off the interstate there is a sign if the chain law is in. Going east out of Alamosa there isnt. I had been in a motel two days with transmission trouble. Got it fixed late afternoon and headed back to KS with baseball dirt out of Antonita. Was sunny in Alamosa. Thought it looked a little grey but headed up the hill. I never made it to the chain up area before I spun out and had to back onto the shoulder of the two lane highway. After a bit a highway patrolman came along and stopped. Kept his red and blue lights on behind me while I finished chaining. I got over the top and down the other side. That bear was the only other person I saw till I got back down the other side. Sometimes 20 miles is a Loooooooooooong ways.

This is from last year

I always liked Reno. Never stayed more than a day or two but it sure beats Vegas.

Bit a load on that roof!

Had a buddy hadnt caught up his log book for about a week. Got checked in Truckee at the scale and shut down for 8 hours. (old HOS was 10 and 8 not 11 and 10) Ticket was 2000. This was in the 80's. Lot of money. So he wrote the judge a letter and told him he had a wife and three kids, didnt have 2000 dollars. Judge lowered it to 1200. probably about what he cleared in a month after meals etc. Lot of money for just earning honest money to take care of a family. I never did like California.

Special is a bit off putting at first but it grows on ya, you even miss it after a few months away.

It's nasty out there. Be careful.

I used to play on and in these snow tunnels above donner lake with my cousins when we was kids .

They were originally built with wood by the Chinese but later rebuilt with concrete