Leaving Seattle

Leaving Seattle this time was more complicated than I anticipated and due to the heaviest winter in 50 years I postponed my departure day by day. Finally I just had to drive to meet up with my family in California. So One last look into the backyard...


I’ve never seen such big icicles in Seattle. The same was on the street inches of ice beneath a snow cover. I reached Tacoma before my chains broke and messed up my tires. After replacing the tires I still could not find any chains. Going back to Seattle was out of the question so I drove further South through Portland. What a mess, I should not have done that but...keep on driving...


I made it to a little village in Oregon where I stayed the night. That was my first Christmas eve all by myself in a motel with Chinese take out and three bottles of Arrogant Bastard Ale. The next day I still had to get over the Siskiyous Pass which was chains only! With the help of Abby and Evo on the internet I found a little gas station that had a few pairs left so I was good to go.


After I entered Northern California the snow went away but there were heavy cloud on the horizon being up to no good!

It took until late night before I reached Fresno close to midnight on Dec 25th. What a start!