Nils and I arrived in Millville, UT (near Logan) last Thursday after a day of driving through California and Nevada. Funny... Nils and I had to put chains on our tires to make it through Donner's pass. That was a first for Nils. We had to lay in the wet snow and put these $60 chains on. We could have spent an extra $20 to have someone install them for us, but of course, a penny saved is a penny earned.
Figuring the car was a rear-wheeler, we started following the highly visual instructions for installing chains to the rear tires. To complete installation, I got in the driver's seat and put the car in 1st gear to move the car forward a few inches. As I applied the gas, the car proceeded to slide and the tires proceeded to spin without any real progress. Wrong set of wheels. Front-wheel drive. Doh! So we had to take the chains off the back tires and start all over again, getting more wet and cold in order to move them to the front. Added some adventure to our little trip.... and some soaking to our little pants.
Upon arriving to Utah, we were greeted with a nice snow storm. Not actually too bad until we got to our parents' driveway where Nils' dad was hard at work plowing. He wasn't finished yet, but we were in a daring mood, so we took our loaded car right into a pile of snow and got stuck. Oh, wasn't Dad happy. At least we made it. :)
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Actually, a penny saved is equivalent to $0.0137 earned (approximate) since you don't have to pay taxes again.
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Heh! That is a funny story. Quite an adventure... moving during wintertime tends to be wet and hard. :) Glad that you arrived safe. It was good seeing you on Feb 1st. We should get together once more before you guys head off to Romania, dearie!
So... were you driving or was Nils driving? I can mentally picture either one, since both of you have a bit of a daring streak
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