In the winter, the snow gathers on the rail of the deck of my house like a long squirt of toothpaste. Just up the road, it gathers in a pile the size of a wedding cake baked for a joint marriage of every nubile female in Asia to every eligible male. Up the road from my house is the Donner Pass.
The Nevada winter presents me with few moments of highway anguish, nor does it bother my son, who took his driver training at Bob Bondurant's the summer of his freshman year in high school. But to my wife, snow and ice come as nasty reminders that the mountains of northern Nevada are still formidable. She is a hospital volunteer who takes her work seriously and will not miss a scheduled…
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MotorTrend (Digital) - 1 Issue, November 1979