I wonder if you were ever as terrified as my MI drive--the white out was bad enough that I didn't drive until daybreak, but it took some doing to get to where I could stop. It's awful when you can't tell where the road is in an area where nobody would find you it you mess up. Worse when you get somebody behind you who wants to go faster! Then the ice was practically unnavigable around Muskegon. I see you probably got some lake effect off Lake Ontario and also a ferry across Lake Champlain to rather rural roads that I drove on July 4 last year. The fireworks freaked out Macy, so I remember it well, plus there were cars parked along the road for miles for the fireworks over some lake. I suspect you had some beautiful passages down the Vermont border if you drove during the day without too much precipitation. How did you handle sleep?
Well, with the amount of miles you've driven and for you to be
that terrified is really saying something. Glad you and the co-pilot survived and were safe and hunkered down for a night for it to clear a bit. The worst lately was on Xmas day in Erie and was part of the storm that dumped 50+ inches in 2 days. Fortunately, it was no more than 1 hr of dealing with it but it was still bad.
I had similar thoughts in the somewhat desolate areas on Rt 11 up-and-around from Watertown, NY about the "what if I slide off into a field here" so I definitely took it easier in some places because of that. On the other side, some of the wide-open 2 lanes and shoulders and no ditches on the sides meant I got to do some experimenting and practicing / learning how the car handles and how much fun (or scary) it is with Slip Start off.
I chose the NY route instead of MI as I thought the weather was supposed to stay in MI this past weekend. I guess they and Lake Ontario just wanted to share with others. The drive from the Plattsburgh supercharger to the roads or highways was so bad that it was low beams only and 20 mph to assure I could stop in 100 ft if needed. I was trying to navigate up and over the top of Lake Champlain as I wasn't sure what the Ferry schedule was or if I'd be waiting there for an hour. As luck would have it, the conditions were so bad that I just blindly followed the car's navigation which took me right to the Ferry. Ha, oh well. I really wish the nav would have indicated it was going by Ferry but it was ok and I was the penultimate car on the Ferry so there was no delay so it all worked out. I did have some fun on the rural roads and will try to grab that route in better detail and post it.
Alas, arrival at Plattsburgh, NY was 18:00 and well into darkness, South Burlington, VT arrival was 20:00, Berlin, VT arrival was 20:50, and Lincoln, NH arrival was 00:40. Then, Lincoln, NH departure was 04:40 which included sleeping for the night, West Lebanon arrival was 06:25, and Brattleboro arrival was 07:35. I really wanted to see some of the scenery but alas it was all dark and dense fog and not playing to my favor. Also, those forest roads are ATROCIOUS so next time I'll take the longer route but do it in half the time.
I-90 near the Erie, PA supercharger on Dec 25, 2017 and blazing along at 20 mph which was plenty fast for he conditions but at least I could see the road (a snow plow was within a mile ahead):
Turning off I-90 near the Erie, PA supercharger on Dec 25, 2017 and onto a major side road (PA State Rt 8) was impossible to see where the ditches on the sides started and where the road ended so most of the time was spent in the middle of the road until headlights approached and then moved to the right to pass each other:
The 5-mile drive in Erie, PA on Dec 25, 2017 took about 25 minutes but resulted in unintentional Model 3 Aero wheels on my Model S:
I don't know why the parking sensors stated they were not available (this was at the Erie, PA supercharger on Dec 25, 2017 and the car was clear when parking but 30 minutes in the blustery conditions really coated the car):
