We've been having some nice winter weather here in northwest Washington State recently. We started with snow, then had freezing rain, more snow, more freezing rain, then more snow. The windward side of the Mighty Mitsu had almost 3/4" of solid ice on her!
After lots of time running in the driveway and chipping, chipping, chipping at the ice, it was finally safe to drive. SabreWife and I went out in the snow to visit a local wildlife refuge. A little side trail off the road looking very inviting....
SabreWife immediately said, "this is just like driving in deep sand at Moab! We're just floating along!"
Except it wasn't sand. It was mud. We backed out as much as we could but were soon up to the frame. Jeez, I hate mud. Happily, I had joined the Kickstarter for a pair of TRED Pros and just happened to have them on board. Seriously, without these little guys we wouldn't have gotten out without help.
So we had a little adventure, had some fun, got to see how well those TREDs work, and no harm done. Except that all that mud & grass was jammed up there in my wheels, brakes, steering and suspension and was about to freeze into solid rock. The local car wash is closed due to freezing weather so poor old Sabre had to break out a hose and spend an hour washing my damned undercarriage in subfreezing temps. The neighbors thought I had absolutely lost it.
It's all part of the adventure! :bike_rider: