The horrible ride home tonight

Ugh! Fog and driving don't mix, specially in the dark. I've had to do my paper routes in the dense fog, at night, and sometimes wouldn't get done till way after dawn due to not being able to see crap a foot in front of me. No rough driving weather for me today but I'm sure to look forward to at least a few this winter.

We have a pretty thick fog here that roll sin from the ocean quite regularly. Living on the coast but north of Los Angeles keeps the fog into the area and has it rolling pretty thick. The fog began to roll in real early; I got off work at 6:30 PM locally and driving home there were already thick patches of fog on my route home. I decided the freeway was not even worth it; I took the side streets to get home.

It is very foggy here today and after reading your entry I am very glad that I dont have to drive anywhere, be it during the day, or especially not at night! How scary! I am glad you didn't meet anybody at those lights you missed!

I know its miserable here too. And today is the same way. This so depressing. I need some sun. I was out in it sunday but yesterday I stayed in because of course it was PJ day!LOL Im glad you made it home okay.

We haven't had any rough driving weather here lately. That was a good picture you took, you can see the fog rolling in. Glad you and your wife got home safely. It's always scary when the weather is bad and you can't see too well in front of you.

Oh, but Grandpa Bob...you LOVE the snow!!! lol....just sit back and enjoy it!!!! Only kidding! I remember lots of times having to drive in conditions like that and I hated it. I got my license at 16 years old and was alone when I learned how to get out of a skid on ice. That was a frightening experience for me!

i am a horrible driver! i had driving lessons for a month before and i always make my driving instructor nervous when i am the one driving. he has a right to not feel safe when i'm on the driver's seat. i flattened the tire once while we were on a main highway. i crashed the car atleast once a day. we almost fell off a huge pit that i did not see. ahhh.. too many too mention. anyway, i know what you mean. if it's horrible for me to drive in a very sunny day without heavy traffic, it's very very very horrible for someone to drive in a very foggy like what you had tonight. i am just glad that you and your wife is safe home now. anne

that's really scary... i look at your picture and the fog is really thick... i'm glad that you and your wife make it safely home... it is so hard to drive in a weather condition like that... this morning, when my hubby is driving me to work, it is raining quite heavily and it is very hard to look at the road as well... so i ask him to drive slowly and more carefully...

While we've has some fog where I live, I've been lucky enough to be inside our warm house when it's happened. Living in the midwest though, there have been plenty of bad weather experiences that we've endured and have been blessed to survive. Last winter my husband and my in-laws had a wedding that was 17 hours away. We decided that the drive was too long for our 3 small children and so my parents offered to take them. They live an hour away and I thought that hour was the longest of my life ... there also happened to be a white-out blizzard that we were driving through. We dropped the kids off and for some insane reason decided to keep driving. My father-in-law was driving, we could barely see out of the windshield, it was icy and snowy - there were semi's in the ditches on both sides of us and his cell phone rang. He decided to answer it!!! To make things worse, he had polio as a child and one of his arms is about 1/2 the size of the other and he used his good arm to hold the phone and the bad arm to drive. I closed my eyes and prayed and prayed and prayed. I was too scared to do anything else. Obviously we survived, but I will never forget that feeling as long as I live. We laugh about it now, but I guaruntee you I was in tears that day!

Hi Grandpa Bob! Yikes! That was quite the foggy night you had last night! I haven't seen or had fog that thick in a long time! I'm glad that you and your wife got home safely! Can be scary driving in fog like that! Luv & Hugzz, PurpleTeddyBear.

I hate driving in fog. This morning was very foggy when I drove my daughter to school and then went to the track to walk. I don't see well in fog and that kind of made me nervous! Thank goodness the speed limit is so slow here!

That is terrible to have to drive in heave fog, I have done it a few times and it isn't easy. I am glad you and your wife made it home safe. We were suppose to get lots of fog yesterday but we really only got a little bit.

Oh my grandpa bob, I would have had a nervous breakdown for sure..I cringe when there is fog or heavy snow or heavy rain...I have such a grip on the wheel during those times and I actually think I stop breathing for awhile...I get so scared...I am so happy that you are home safe....

Well I had a great drive home tonight but the reason I am responding was not because of the weather because it was a clear crisp night and visibility was good or so I thought! On the way home from work I have to drive down a dark lane and all of a sudden my light went out which at the time I didnt understand wat had happened! After nearly hitting 2 cars coming the other way at the same time I pulled or and turned the indicator on! I then had to be towed home aarrrrggghhh! A journey which usually takes 15 mins took 2 hrs as I had to wait for my dad to come and get me to tow my car!!

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That would be scary. I looked at your photo & I can see what you mean. I have rarely experienced fog to that degree. We occasionaly get fog in winter, but it varies on whether I am driving in high or low ground. We all put our car lights on. Many years ago I lived on property with my late husband. One night when driving home up the dirt track, there was this fog. I had never seen such thick fog, but the most eerie part was the atmosphere. Glad you made it home safely.