Comments on: A cautionary tale: Why you should ALWAYS look at the map beforehand (preferably with elevation)

By: Laura Brandon

Laura Brandon — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:59:51 +0000

with all due respect, how could you plan to drive from denver into breckenridge, and not realize there would be mountains? hello, they’re the rocky’s! although i guess i can’t fault you too much, you are from the midwest.

By: PurpleGirl

PurpleGirl — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 05:05:58 +0000

Oh, I-70. It’s the most fun you can have with your pants on. :)

Just an FYI for the people wondering why it was scheduled for winter in Colorado–we have more than mountains here. :) It’s been a very mild winter down here on the plains, and we actually get most of our snow from March through May. PQ was heading in the opposite direction of the festival, up to a ski resort town; if she’d stuck to the plains she wouldn’t have had the joy of experiencing I-70′s soul-chilling terror. :)

By: John's Weight Loss Blog

John's Weight Loss Blog — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:49:24 +0000

I’ve done that run at night in freezing rain with my whole family in a minivan. Lost at least a year of my life.

By: Julie

Julie — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:51:44 +0000

Wow that looks stressful!

By: Chelsea

Chelsea — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:34:00 +0000

that’s what it looks like when you drive across the mtns in the winter, silly!

By: Julia

Julia — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:40:44 +0000

I’m not understanding why if the big Oatmeal festival was only a half hour drive from Denver, you guys were heading in a complete opposite direction? Did the organization set you up there?

By: K

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 06:23:19 +0000

I bet the oatmeal festival wouldn’t have made as good a post!

Seriously, this is a story to tell your children, should you have any. I don’t blame you for deciding not to drive in the snowy wastes. This summer I was a passenger in a car over mountain roads when it was merely raining, and that was nervewracking enough!

By: biff_wellington

biff_wellington — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:46:29 +0000

so…I’m glad you are back safe, it can be scary driving on the roads. But, I have a question just because I’m curious. So did the oat festival send you on this trip? Or was it a trip you had arranged already and then decided not to attend festival?

Did they make the arrangements? Cause breckenridge is a ways out there, especially if the festival was half the distance…the strange arrangements are confusing me, but its late, so it may just be my feeble mind.

By: Sara

Sara — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:45:04 +0000

I can’t believe you wouldn’t turn around and brave another wrestling match with imminent death for the promise of nearly unlimited oatmeal toppings.

You seriously need to reevaluate your priorities.

;)

I loathe driving in the snow and ice, and it sometimes gives me palpitations on the flattest plains of Nebraska. Shouldn’t you and your brother at least get an “I survived the scary drive” t-shirt or something?

By: GP

GP — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:22:20 +0000

yikes.. i feel your pain.. when we were making the “commute” from caif to montana while our inn was being built… we had adventures like that too.. the ol’ vulcan death grip on the steering wheel :)

stay safe

gp in mt.