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The worst move yet, but for the best (old news)
Well. the move to Spokane happened a little less than a year ago.
The snow was coming down so heavy, we had to rent a Uhaul, to move our stuff to the Moving truck. heh.
And the snow and wind kept piling up the snow in teh back of the uhaul, so we had to keep shoveling the snow out of it.
Then when they tried to leave, apparently they jackknifed the semi and had to spend the night.
Meanwhile, due to my insistence, we went over the summit (Malad, Idaho), and apparently they closed the summit to ALL traffic about 5-15 minutes after we passed.
I was in the 4x4 pickup, and poor Karina and the kids were in the Crown Victoria.
On the freeway, snow occasionally piled up on her bumper.
Then at the base of the hill in pocatello, on the freeway, Karina hit an icy spot, lost control, and flew off the freeway (I saw the whole thing happen in my rearview mirrors,and was talking to her on the CB when it happened).
They flew down the center embankment, and almost into oncoming traffic.
We had to have her towed. luckily everyone was physically ok, but all were quite shaken up.
They closed the freeways in every direction (north, south, east, and west) so we had to spend the night in Pocatello.
The next day we made it (white knuckles) to Missoulla, MT. Where we had to wait out more storms a few day(s) before the passes were clear.
We finally made it to Spokane, and the drivers made it a few days later, and then the brakes on their trailer seized, so they had to leave the trailer there for many days before it could be towed away.
Pheweee!
Here's some of the pics from that misadventure.
- Mover shovelling snow out of back of Uhaul pic #1
- Mover shovelling pic #2
- Uhaul (foreground), snowstorm, and moving van (Mayflower Moving) in the background) pic #1
- Uhaul (foreground), snowstorm, and moving van (Mayflower Moving) in the background) pic #2
- Uhaul backed to Mayflower for loading pic #1
- Uhaul backed to Mayflower for loading pic #2
- Brennan and William, playing snow king of the mountain(or at least mound)
- William tossing snow with the snow shovel
- Brennan shovelling snow
- The Crown Victoria stuck in the snow after flying off the freeway
- The Crown Vic again, this is how close she came to flying into oncoming traffic. About 6 feet, after flying about 120+ feet through the snow.
Invocation: May we NEVER move again!

