snow storm

so I gave a great talk in Toronto this afternoon at the Astrology Toronto Inc, then Peter and I went to have Lebanese on the way home. (all you can eat Buffet for $11!)

We left Mississauga around 8pm for the 45min drive home and finally got home just before 11pm. I experienced my very first snow storm whilst we were half way up Caledon Mountain, on the main highway into Orangeville from Toronto. Tonight I have learned that cars need more traction while travelling up hills and that snow on the road (which having fallen right after rain and created the whole black ice situation) drastically reduces traction. Our little car was spinning it's wheels, like the majority of the other cars on the road. Every second car was pulling over to the right (remember driving occurs on the opposite side of the road to where Ozzies drive!). We managed to turn the car around (not much traction required for going down hills!) and then onto a side road, hoping to use the extra traction from fresh snow on the less travelled road to get us home. We made good progress until we came to another hill and then our little car become the little engine that couldn't.

We pulled, or rather slid, off to the side into a safe nook (not under powerlines!!) and phoned Miss Hummer + Hubby and Pooch to see if they could come rescue us. They could and we settled in to wait.

I didn't have the camera with me, but photos above are of our front yard when we got home. Even Peter said he had never driven in conditions like this before (and he's lived in or near Toronto all of his 41 years) - needless to say the snow tires, which Peter usually puts on the car late November, will go on this week!!