Okay. Ice story. We went to cabin Friday morning. We knew there was snow there from the Ring cams in front and back. What we didn't know was about the ice.
Solid ice under the snow and solid ice in the back of cabin yard area. Couldn't drive up long S shaped driveway to cabin. My SUV slid sideways and toward steep bank. I slowly backed down and to other side hoping to get traction but slid to other side a bit. That was scary because there is a drop off on that side. I put it in park and used parking brake.
Charlie and I got out walking carefully up to cabin. Problem was it's a side of mountain so had the slope/hill with snow with crust of ice on it to walk on upward to get to cabin. We turned our feet to walk sideways. Was solid and we didn't even leave foot prints. Geesh that was a long walk. My knees still haven't recovered!
I notified my son and sil about the icy driveway and best not to come. They thought I was exaggerating. Well they found out I wasn't when they arrived! My sil pulled up behind me and thought he could go up around side of hill around me with his heavier SUV. Nope! He slid down and a bit sideways too. Stopped and parked and walked up to cabin too. When my son arrived there he tried to drive up but decided soon not to so stopped towards bottom of driveway and parked. After he parked his heavy Dodge Ram pickup slid down a bit still on its own.
The area to side away from cabin where the firewood is stacked was like an ice skating rink so the guys got the 4-wheeler from the shed and used it to get firewood and drive around to all the areas where they have trail cams.
That was crazy nasty and scary. We all left Sunday at the same time ensuring we each got out and headed home safely.
Well that's the latest story. We're all glad to be home.
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