This is December driving. I have had the MINI for a little over two years now and this past Decemeber it saw its second time in the snow. Each time in Utah. This is the famous road from here to there in the family. We're here in SoCal and the daughters are all there! So we drive the 10 hours to see everyone.
This picture is on the drive home. We're in central Utah at this point. We've already passed one plow with two to go. The ice had about a six inch build up and the road was quite rough. The temp fell to about 14 at one point.
The lower part of the state had more ice and snow than Provo or Salt Lake. Going through the passes in Beaver are always a question of how much snow you'll encounter.
As soon as we got to St George, we pulled into a touch free car wash to get the road crud and salt off the car. Then it on to SoCal. The weather was very nice, but still cold. The next picture was the worst view of the day.
It had warmed up and we were glad to be back in California. This is the pass leading down from Victorville/Apple Valley into San Bernardino. I was appalled! This was not fog or an overcast sky. It is actually about 4:30 in the afternoon. It's smog! It's gross! So much for sunny California. Land that we love!
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