Once again it was time to go rescue Barry's ATV from the bush before too much snow arrived. We called Gail and Phil for a road report Friday nite as we drove up. Gail said that they had had a lot of rain and there was some water across the Black River road at the culvert. She said " you can make it, just gun it!"
This led to some discussion because we knew Gail drove a 4x4 truck , a little higher off the ground than a minivan!
The road looked good as we drove in until we reached the low spot at the culvert. There was water on the road and it went as far as we could see ... around the bend. Didn't look too deep. Hard to tell at night. After a beer it seemed doable.
Barry went for it. I said "gun it ... and keep it in the middle". It's not very wide at the culvert and quite deep on both sides. I rolled my window down and undid my seat belt
Well it probably wouldn't have been too deep if the flowing water hadn't eroded a ditch across the road. So the hood dipped down a little more than we anticipated and we did get a wave across the windshield but climbed right out of it. It kept running and we made or way through the water and around the bend to dry land. Definitely a two beer crossing!
Don't remember a think about the rest of the weekend.
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