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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
I will never, ever take that route again, especially in the winter. I was on I-70 from Kansas to Denver and it was fine but once past Denver, it was at least -20 and snowing heavily.
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IIRC (this was over 30 years ago now) we made the drive in May. The weather was beautiful, with two exceptions.
1. Driving west through Kansas, probably an hour or so past Topeka, we encountered a massive storm front. It like something out of a Stephen King book - this giant, towering black wall, stretching the length of the horizon. Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide. When it hit, it was like instant darkness in the hardest rain I've ever experienced. All I could do was pull off on the shoulder and wait it out. After what seemed like an eternity but was only a few minutes, it passed and the sun came out again. **** that was weird.
2. Emerging from the western end of the Eisenhower Tunnel. Seriously, what the ****? It was warm and sunny when I went in, and then instant blizzard on the other side, icy road and the steepest grade drop I've ever seen on an interstate highway. It was absolutely jarring, and also scary as hell. I made that drive again some years later but was prepared for it that time - I think that time was it was June, and it was still horrible winter conditions. Does that place ever have nice weather? Shit.