Guest Admin Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 So my friends Zach and Nicole and I drove to salt lake city to purchase another Expedit bookshelf from Ikea (it truly sucks we don't have an Ikea in Denver). Although all 3 of us looked at online forecasts for the drive and saw that the roads were supposed to be fine, I-80 was a bed of ice. We stayed in Rawlins, Wyoming last night and rocked that hotel bar til 2am. We woke up at 8am to hit the road and the road conditions were so bad. We saw 12 diesel trucks in ditches (2 of which were fedex trucks) and the drive was touch and go the entire time. We finally made it to IKEA around 5pm and shopped for a few hours (Ikea is so fuckinng rad). The combined 13 hours of driving we did to get to Salt Lake is about 5 hours longer than it should have taken. We were considering getting back on the road tonight to stay in Grand Junction, CO, but we were just way too tired. Instead we ate some food (we almost ate at a place called GuadalaHonkeys) and then got a hotel in SLC. Please send good thoughts our way as we really hope the roads are better on our return trip back to Denver. It will be all worth it when we get our 2nd vinyl book shelf up and our house will be less cluttered with boxes of vinyl! I just picked up Jim Gaffigan's "Beyond the Pale" so that will make the drive that much better. Listening to the new Drag the River and this really great band, KK and his Weathered Underground, has been great road trip music! I hope everyone else is having a better weekend than us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottheisel Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Stay safe, Virgil! It just started snowing in Cleveland earlier tonight and already people on the road have completely forgotten how to drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magalvsr13 Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 watch out fo da mormons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheez Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Weird. You are less than an hour from me. Cue creepy stalker music... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadetapplesauce Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 hey virgil, did you ever get that elliott smith record from me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Admin Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 hey virgil, did you ever get that elliott smith record from me? not yet, but I only go to the po box on tuesday mornings. more than likely it will be there on Tuesday. thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Admin Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Weird. You are less than an hour from me.Cue creepy stalker music... I might have your address in my computer, watch out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlovecolouredx Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 it's good which you and your 2 buddies don't get any hurt,virgil. i really wanna stuck in salt lake city like you because one of my best friend studying in that city.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjustinxschwierx Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Yes! Be safe! The shot baker guys just went west through the SLC area to Seattle and almost crashed several times from the icy roads! They had to buy chains for their tires! How insane is that??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monk0nuggets Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Stay safe dude! I'm about to drive an hour to work in some not so nice weather myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilotzgfr Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Stay safe, Virgil! It just started snowing in Cleveland earlier tonight and already people on the road have completely forgotten how to drive. we will try to stay safe too, scott. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest scriptedrain Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Sorry to hear, Virgil. Stay safe! The roads have actually kept me at home... away from being at the 50-yard-line of the Vikings / Lions today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhulud Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Be good and have a safe drive back... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottheisel Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Stay safe, Virgil! It just started snowing in Cleveland earlier tonight and already people on the road have completely forgotten how to drive. we will try to stay safe too, scott. I'd prefer it if you died, actually. That way I can steal your lady. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hickey Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Yes, stay safe. But your first post begs the question: Where did you eat that was so tempting that you passed up dining at a place called GuadalaHonkeys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cj Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 imagine it here in canada! winter sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Stay safe, Virgil! It just started snowing in Cleveland earlier tonight and already people on the road have completely forgotten how to drive. Yeah last night at like 9 when the freezing rain started to really stick the roads, all we got were stuck calls at work. Twinsburg was getting hit hard, so I imagine you guys were too since it gets the lake effect too. Have a safe trip back you all, driving in icey conditions is never fun- unless you are in a huge parking lot and doing donuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riddle350 Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 oh man Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground are fucking fantastic. Crazy good live! Good luck on the drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skumbucket Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 that's a shame you got ice'd and snow'd in virgil. scary stuff sometimes. we've had snow for a month or so now and it really does bring out the worst drivers in the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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