Yup, he says he had chains in the car... plus a lot of other stuff.
Fortunately, we never needed any of that stuff.
Chuck Norcutt
Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> If I were going to do this (and I'm not saying I recommend it) I would
> take the more southerly route (I-15, I-40, I-44, I-55) passing through
> Flagstaff, Albuquerque, Amarillo, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, St. Louis.
>
> Perhaps my father simply didn't know any better but, when I was aged 13
> and 15 (mid-1950's), we took driving trips from Battle Creek, MI at
> Christmas time to visit my mother's family in Los Angeles. But the
> interstate route I just outlined above didn't exist. We had to do most
> of the trip on the old (and now famous) US route 66. Since it was
> December and January there was clearly snow along almost all of the
> route but I don't have any recollection of it except about 6" on the
> ground in the Texas panhandle, Flagstaff and the Grand Canyon. Since we
> lived in Michigan (pretty snowy) it may be that my father normally
> carried chains. I don't remember. I'll have to ask him when he calls
> this morning.
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