STRANDED IN A SNOWSTORM with my Aliner!

so if you're one of these people that actually enjoy cold weather because you do winter activities and sports and stuff like that then chances are when you're out in it you're already prepared but what if you're one of these people that's trying to avoid winter and you're out trying to actually get somewhere warm and the storm happens well this is what happened to me in my case I already was somewhere warm after spending the winter in the American Southwest and Mexico like all snowbirds I waited for a window in the weather to migrate back north just as the Sun went down a cool wind started to blow a little rain was in the forecast but nothing that really concerned me so in the morning I set out under partly cloudy skies it was actually good driving weather but as soon as I left Wyoming a little rain started to fall it was just a sprinkle at first but eventually it started to pour roughly halfway through my journey the rain let up but the clouds were looking rather ominous heading west an hour later I hit snow this kind of as bad as it gets kind of my worst nightmare coming back to Canada is there to have to be a bloody blizzard snowstorm and super cold why didn't I stay down there the farther I drove the worse it got with frequent patches of black ice so it was time to make a decision do I keep going and hope some weather was better ahead or find shelter and a safe place to ride out the storm as night was approaching the answer was a no-brainer I'm stuck in a snowstorm in Shelby Montana fortunately I made it to a truck stop but it looks like I'm spending the night here whether I want to or not I'm gonna try to get the trailer up. So the questions gonna be can I actually get the roof up. My concern was the freezing rain and ice had glued it shut. yes not exactly the perfect scenario but I got it up that's gonna have to do until the snow stops well not exactly the ending I'd hoped for stranded in a snowstorm and it's just weird I mean this morning it was warm it was like at night it was like 55 degrees during the day it was like 65 75 you know Wyoming and a few hours later I'm in this ah boy glad I like winter just not right now but out the window another drama was taking place a transport truck was spinning on the ice and couldn't get his chains on so I got my traction aids out see if I could lend a hand after a couple of adjustments I got him out and he was on his way again now I just had to find my traction aids in the snow I actually got to use these I hope to pay great get hope that's so cool now I know at least they work so if I have to use them sometime I can on my little trailer and truck oh it's cold damn well I wasn't really planning on using the foam this trip but I'm glad I brought it not only will that keep a little bit more of the heat in but it'll keep some of the moisture out as well the melting snow and the ice that's on the roof every little bit helps well it looks like I'm not the only one stranded there's a few trucks hauling could be horses I'm not quite sure but they're stuck too so the parking lot is full right now it's just about dark it is cold in here it's just above freezing inside it's below freezing outside and it'll be below freezing inside as well if I don't hook up the furnace and I probably won't because I'm gonna use the electric blanket it's what I bought it for it saves heating up the whole trailer when all I have to do is heat up me so here we go I'm stranded snowstorm but I think I'm gonna be nice and warm tonight what I've got is my electric blanket I've got my heavy-duty warm sleeping bag and I'm actually going to wear my sweater tonight because it will be way below freezing I do have a full tank of propane or almost a full tank but I don't plan on using it because then I'm gonna have issues with condensation and I really don't want to be bothered with that so right now I'm just I've got the electric blanket plugged in it's keeping me warm sleeping bags keeping me warm and what I will do though first thing in the morning when it's at its coldest is I'll turn on the furnace just to warm my pants up that way I have warm clothes to get into in the morning and off I go that's it but it's really really important to always have a back-up plan for emergencies like if if I don't have a battery I have propane if I don't have propane or battery I got warm sleeping bag I've got you know like a winter coat you know hat stuff like that so I'm always prepared for the cold prepared for rain prepared for wind I don't know not earthquakes earthquakes I'm I'm hooched I'm I could survive an earthquake but everything else I think I've got reasonable preparation for at least I hope by morning it was very cold and a few more inches of snow had fallen overnight despite this I did keep warm using the electric blanket so I didn't need to turn on the furnace however in the morning I did turned it on in hopes it would help melt the ice on the roof when trying to warm up the car and the trailer at the same time and hopefully I can get out but there's a big truck in my way so story and over yet I don't get it off the top of the roof that's what's going to be going inside make sure you wipe down the sides - so any moisture on them won't leak into the trailer once you close it down the question is are the roads good enough to drive I see some trucks on them and can I get out of this parking lot there's about maybe eight inches of snow okay here it goes trailers out oh boy it's icy if I get stuck man, it's very icy this is just the on-ramp oh my god I don't like it seriously who is I kidding that I could beat Old Man Winter this year no way he got me back this time the border was only 40 miles away but the roads weren't safe so you've got to know when when safety has to trump your goals this morning it's started off okay I'm only about 20 miles to the border now but it's starting to snow again so but I've got a little bit of a convoy of cars and trucks at enemy so I'm hoping I can at least make it to the border life on the road it's not always what you want it to be it just is what it is ironically on the Canadian side the roads were free of ice and snow and I just had to deal with a little fog the trailer however was a mess and it took several passes at the car wash to remove the crusted ice and snow but I made it back safely and that's what counts always go where the road takes you unless the roads not safe so then always go where there's somewhere safe

Channel: Slim Potatohead

Views: 2,002,324

Rating: 4.720624 out of 5

Keywords: Bad Weather, Camping, Boondocking, Wyoming, Montana, Snowstorm, Blizzard, RV, travel, Slim Potatohead, emergency, adventure, aliner, avan, rockwood, chalet, flagstaff, a-frame camper

Id: qhd91cv-b90

Length: 12min 23sec (743 seconds)

Published: Mon Nov 12 2018