Friday, February 25, 2011

Wagner Farm Driveway Conditions

The Wagner's driveway is expected to be icy in some areas once again this year. The rain of last night and today will help a bit, but it is expected to re-freeze tonight. Therefore, as always, please try to drive a 4WD vehicle to the Wagner Farm or carpool with someone who has a 4WD vehicle.

When driving up the driveway, please follow the advice in an email from Van that was sent before last year's event:

"My front wheel drive Saturn has been fine...but people CAN NOT STOP HALFWAY UP TO SMELL THE ROSES AND THEN TRY TO GO AGAIN. My driveway is like a marriage, you have to commit. Like a marriage, there is ice, there are ditches, it is wet is places, you'll have arguments about drinking, you have push on because at the end is a glorious mountain top with space and sunshine."
Hints: drive at a consistent speed on the hill, don't follow another vehicle too closely, let someone else drive if you have never driven on snow/ice, have fun.

Much more parking has been made available for this year, so that should not be a problem like previous years, but we still recommend carpooling as much as possible. You can leave vehicles at the Pine Barn Inn parking area while you are at the Wagner Farm.

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