Items needed for my Northern trip

[bobbecky]

And last but not least, real -20 degree windshield washer fluid. You will not be able to buy it in California, regardless how cold the areas in the mountains get. Once you get out of California, stop at an autopart store or even a grocery store and get your reservoir filled with it and run it through your system. Its a pain to have to replace the hoses and fittings.

[Yosemitebob]

Originally Posted by Ken / Claudia

Check ODOT web site for road conditions. I 84 this week is getting windy and cold. No ice that I have heard on TV yet. If you need to stay out of bad conditions in the gorge area, there are places public and private around Portland out of the high winds. The hold the key to the cig lighter to warm it up has also worked, when you forget de icer.

Ken / Claudia:

When we get closer to my departure date next month perhaps you can give me the latest on I84? That would be around Dec 14. Depending on what time it is when I head east from I5, I just might stay in Portland that night so I can drive I 84 during daylight hours.

[Yosemitebob]

Originally Posted by bobbecky

And last but not least, real -20 degree windshield washer fluid. You will not be able to buy it in California, regardless how cold the areas in the mountains get. Once you get out of California, stop at an autopart store or even a grocery store and get your reservoir filled with it and run it through your system. Its a pain to have to replace the hoses and fittings.

Never even thought of that and I should have, had to deal with that coming from Colorado a few years back, won't tell you what we used

[Yosemitebob]

Originally Posted by Festus2

I guess there isn't much demand for lock de-icer in Southern California.

Noooo, not really, I'm sitting under the palm tree reading this, think it was 74 today, looks like 48 now, getting really cold here.

[Ken / Claudia]

I will be glad to help. I will PM you if we get anything about bad stuff around than. Now news says monday the 2nd the freeze level could be down to 500ft. unknown for how long. That might cause icey areas near the Dalles and Hood River. The gorge winds can be bad day or night and ice worse at night of course.

[Yosemitebob]

Originally Posted by Ken / Claudia

I will be glad to help. I will PM you if we get anything about bad stuff around than. Now news says monday the 2nd the freeze level could be down to 500ft. unknown for how long. That might cause icey areas near the Dalles and Hood River. The gorge winds can be bad day or night and ice worse at night of course.

Thank you

[airforceret]

Originally Posted by Yosemitebob

Noooo, not really, I'm sitting under the palm tree reading this, think it was 74 today, looks like 48 now, getting really cold here.

we have 7 or 8 inches of new snow today, it's snowing.... and the forecast for the rest of the day and evening... yes... more snow!

[mikell]

Southwest Michigan has more than a foot today but I'm not there to enjoy it. Oh darn

[curlyfungirl]

Electric matress pad! It got us through a whole winter last year.

[Yosemitebob]

Originally Posted by curlyfungirl

Electric matress pad! It got us through a whole winter last year.

Good idea will include that