By Kimberly Chun
Thought me and my pal were going to recreate the Donner Party’s flesh-chomping shenanigans this past weekend: we were caught in the snow storm over Highway 80 on Feb. 25, heading from Reno and the Who’s Feb. 23 US tour kickoff concert back to frisky ole Frisco. Scary, snow-slick road conditions and worse, frightening near-standstill traffic. We left Reno at 1 p.m. and at around 6 or 7 p.m. finally, carefully pulled into a slippery, icy, snowed-in Truckee – about five or six hours after we spotted a “Truckee: 12 miles” sign.
A winter wonderland for skiiers and fresh-air fiends – a nightmare for motorists.
The freeway resembled a ski run.
Californians really are equipped for “weather” conditions!
Check the dude in the T-shirt in the middle of a blizzard.