Black Ice

Tonights ride home took forever. We experienced our first "black ice" of the season right at rush hour tonight. My ride home started out normal until I got about half way home. I came up to one of the large intersections and noticed up ahead a ton of red lights flashing. Well, I sat at that light for 4 lights and we never moved. I had the chance to switch lanes and thought what the heck I'll just turn right and go a little further and then I'll be on my path home again WRONG. Oh I turned right only to find another sea of red flashing lights in front of me again. The over passes were so iced over that traffic was be taken off the roads before the bridges. I ended up going in the direction that I had just come from. At one point I was on a bridge and had to stop for traffic. When I went to go again there was this awful sensation, my tires were spinning and I was going no where fast. Thank goodness for 4 wheel drive. I popped that on and it gave me just enough extra traction that I could move. In all my 20 minute peaceful trip home took me about an hour and 15 minutes. Now I live at the top of a pretty steep hill so of course at the bottom I stopped to pick up my mail and sure enough it was time for 4 wheel drive again just to get up my hill. I'd rather drive in a foot of snow any day rather than "BLACK ICE". I just woke up and it's time for bed. I was so exhausted, mentally, from my drive I just missed the entire night.
This just reminds me that we never know what our weather is going to be like and best of luck this winter driving wherever you are.