The road was making a gradual climb and before long, we were seeing some snow along the side of the road, but the road was just wet. The further we drove, the more snow we saw.
As we approached the grade up to our first pass, the yellow warning signs at the side of the road were flashing. Chains were required! Trucks were pulling off at the chain-up area. We did too.
We sat there for about 30 minutes watching it snow. None of the trucks were putting on chains, and some of them began to go ahead without chains. I decided that they had communication with other truckers and had learned that they could go over the pass without chains. So we followed.
Our pace was only about 20-25 MPH with the snow coming down harder. Our windshield and the windshield wipers began to ice up. It was hard to see the tire tracks of the trucks ahead of us.
But we made it up the grade, through the pass, and started down the other side. As we reached lower altitudes, the ice began to blow off of our windshield. We could see again.
It stopped snowing and the road cleared up. We still had a little mist, but I was glad to be out of the snow.
The road flattened out again as we approached Lovestock, Nevada, where we decided to stop for the night.
I wonder what we would have faced on US50 with it's steep grades and numerous switchbacks.
I'm sure glad we did not take "The Loneliest Road in the World". God was watching out for us.
Even the cloudy sky looked beautiful!
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