Saturday, November 22, 2008

First Snow this Winter

The snow came and go. But when it came down during our drive on the motorway today, it was quite scary. The whole road instantly turned white. The road looked more like an ice ring and everybody started to slow down. Cars were basically just crawling. This is still not the time of the year when the municipal starts to put grit or salt on the road. The current snow blast is unexpected and seems to come a bit too soon.
When we drove up a slope, we saw a car in front of us started to slide sideway. No sooner our car also started to do likewise. But luckily we managed to keep the car going and stayed on the road. Journey back home seemed a lifetime. That was scary. Its time to change the tyres this week. Although the tyres seem to be okay, a year old now, but is wise to take precaution. Normally people change their car tyres to a second set which is the winter tyres. But most people, like myself, opted for the multi-season tyres. The downside, because of the normally heavy summer driving, they don't last more than one winter. The photo is a view of our garden shed at the back of our house today.

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