So, I was sitting up here, about 4 miles due west of Pleasant View,
looking at the scenery, when I heard this weird noise. Vaguely familiar,
and then again not. It was off in the distance, maybe a half-mile or so
away, but slowly getting closer.

As it came over the hill, it got louder and louder, until it finally
popped into view.

A snowplow.

I didn't think Cheatham County *had* snowplows. It wasn't anything fancy
- it wouldn't last a month in Wisconsin - but for what we get around here
it worked very well.

It was a slow trip home last night. (though not particularly scary, except
when the 18-wheelers insisted on passing at 60mph) With the unexpected
sunlight the road is clearing pretty quickly, and it's beginning to look
like the trip into town to replenish my printer paper supply will be
practical. (probably won't push it by using the bike...)

It's going to seem REALLY BIZARRE to go onto Daylight Saving Time with a
few inches of snow on the ground.

On 2008-03-08 10:34:15 -0600, Doug Smith W9WI said:

I wonder why they were slowing down?

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On Mar 8, 10:34 am, Doug Smith W9WI wrote:

I had to pick my son up at the airport around 9:30 or so last night.
The worst of the "wintry mix" was coming down strong along I-440, and,
with 4-5 inches of slush / wet snow on the highway, the going was very
rough and slow indeed. The overpasses were especially trecherous,
with one person tieing up traffic where I-65 splits off and I-440 E
continues on above to the right - one person was creeping up the
slight incline at no more than 5 mph bottlenecking an already stressed-
out bunch of drivers behind him/her.

During most of the time, drivers were going 20-25 mph along I-440.

On Mar 8, 10:34 am, Doug Smith W9WI wrote:

Ah, ya big puss--I went ice biking when it was 4" deep and coming down
hard last night. Fun as hell! Slow going with packed fenders, but
managed a good 8mph. Predictable surface, no hardpack or ice. Went
down to five points and watched idiots with RWD crash into each other
driving up from Main to Woodland. Hilarious! My schadenfreude was off
the chart

On Sat, 08 Mar 2008 10:45:04 -0800, KD wrote:

I would imagine that was the worst of it. I hung around work for awhile
(sweeping out satellite dishes among other things) and I think the traffic
and TDOT got a lot of the snow cleared by midnight. (not that the road
was safe at the speed limit, but 30-35mph was fine.)

Luckily this time there wasn't any completely stopped traffic on my route.
(unlike last time, where a wreck on I-24W just past the split with I-65N
blocked things...)