I travelled home yesterday from Penticton (in the Okanagan area of BC) to the lower mainland (on the coast ). It was snowing in Penticton and kept lightly snowing most of the way until Hope...except in Manning Park, where the snow was heavy.
Manning Park had a lot of snow.....and some icy and slushy spots. We saw three separate incidents of vehicles that had slid into ditches....One of them being a pick up truck that obviously didn't like the slower speed I was going....A short time later we saw his truck laying across a snow bank hanging over a ditch. It was resting on its chassis....
Hope Towing was sure busy yesterday.
As we kept going, there were quite a few emergency vehicles heading North from Hope to Manning Park.....as well as the tow trucks and the sanding/plow trucks....they were earning their money yesterday. The plow trucks were driving back and forth constantly keeping the road clear.
Unfortunately.....ice is still ice....and deep slush can make your car slip....regardless of whether you have 4 wheel drive and winter tires........so it's necessary to slow down....
This picture will give you an idea of what it was like in Manning Park...
That is NOT a black and white picture.
Here is a picture from Highway 3 by Green Mountain Road.....Everyone who knows me, knows I like horses....so of course I had to stop...fortunately the friend that was travelling with me is a photographer...so he was happy to stop , too. Luckily, I had my winter boots with me so I could walk down into the ditch and through the snow to get to the fence....
Along the way home we stopped at a lake called Yellow Lake....I have no idea why it's called that, because it is not yellow.
The parking lot at the rest area had about 4 inches of fresh snow.....and no other vehicles around....the child in me surfaced....and did doughnuts (donuts for those south of the 49th) in the snow.....then I hit the brakes hard to test out the traction control and ABS.....I have to say...they both work well. It's good to know what your vehicle will do or how it will behave if you ever need to stop in a hurry.
I was in Penticton for Christmas at my brother's place. His daughter (my niece) was there with her new baby. He is 2 weeks old in this picture. He resembles his 4 year old brother. Already has similar facial expressions....
Such is life sometimes. 
There is a space for motorcycle parking immediately inside the gate.....The space to get in is just big enough for a bike to get through so the attendant doesn't have to open the gate. 
