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How great that you can laugh about your trip home.  Coming over I-80 
home into California, I was amazed that chains don't seem to have 
changed at all since I last used them about 25 years ago.  Surely 
there's room for improvement!  Hopefully the plow operator was laughing 
as hard as you all were.
Laney

clkahn-starband wrote:
> We had a wonderful time at convention and loved seeing everyone.  Mary, 
> Julie and I want to thank everyone for visiting our booth and keeping us 
> busy.  
>
> We had quite the experience traveling back to Oregon on Sunday and I 
> know if Angie had been with us we would have quite a funny, funny story 
> to submit to Endurance News.  Our journey included laying in the slush 
> on the side of the road in Susanville trying to put chains on for the 
> very first time (on a truck with two tires where you can barely get your 
> fingers between the two - yikes it was cold!), having the first set of 
> chains break within 10 miles and rip up the splash guard so when I 
> looked in the side view mirror after hearing the tremendous noise it 
> looked like my tire was shredding, to having the second set of chains 
> break on the other side ripping up the fender over the tires - good 
> grief! At one juncture we all had to use the great outdoors so I pulled 
> over to the side of the road and wouldn't you know here comes the snow 
> plow bearing down on us.  Here we are squatting in a row peeing on the 
> side of the road with our backs covered with snow.  I took a look over 
> at Julie and we all burst out laughing so hard we nearly collapsed.  
>
> We finally made it home with two busted chains, a cut finger, a lost 
> emerald (fell out of my ring when putting on the dang chains), two torn 
> mud flaps and a damaged fender.  But we made it home and we are safe.  
> Can hardly wait till next year to see what happens - see you there and 
> on the trail.
>  
> With Warm Regards,
> Candace Kahn  /BE ONE WITH YOUR HORSE/
> U.S. Dealer of Freeform & Barefoot Treeless Saddles /(all Freeform 
> saddles in stock 20% off)/
> www.ActionRiderTack.com
> 541.899.0151 or tollfree 877.865.2467


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