So, I had my interview scheduled for the first week of April this year; the 5th to be exact. We thought we’d take advantage of the long weekend (Good Friday) and see the area. In
I talked it over with my wife and we decided to take the trip. We ended up leaving that night instead of the next morning like originally planned. We ran into snow about an hour from
I made it to the interview the next morning. I was completely amazed to see that a blizzard up here doesn’t slow people down…at all. The interview went well. And I made it back to the apartment where my wife sent me out to Fazoli’s to get supper. The roads were terrible and the drivers were scary. We had a tour lined up for Friday morning, so my son and I went to meet the tour guide. It was still snowing and blowing quite a bit. This guy’s driving a full size Ford van like it’s a sports car in the snow. Needless to say, I was a bit nervous. We made it back to the apartment that afternoon, and after consulting the weather channel, decided to head for home. It looked like the wind had let up a bit and the snow dwindled to a flurry, but they were calling for another 18 inches overnight. By that time, we should be safe into the lower peninsula, if not at home. The main highway we take home was closed due to snow coverage so we had to take an alternate route. I think we ended up making it home at about 1 or 1:30 a.m., safe and sound. It felt great to be home.
I kept hearing from people how well the UP keeps the roads clean. When I went out in the snow, the roads were awful. Then it occurred to me; with all the snow blowing, there’s really not much you can do to keep the roads clean. I was awe struck when the wind finally died down. That’s when they brought out the snow removal equipment. Back home, we call them land-movers. These are huge tractors with buckets and blades. Big equipment used by land excavators. They also had trucks like we used in
That’s it for now. God bless.