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When I lived in Vermont, by October everyone had a box in the car's trunk with two large candles, 2 Bic lighters, wool blankets and space blankets, wool socks, wool hat and gloves, and bags of peanut butter candy, M&M's, GORP, granola bars, pop tarts, a couple of bottles of water, and a few empty water bottles, etc., etc. It's surprising just how warm a car can get from the output of one single candle. No one I knew would ever consider getting into a car in winter without these things. An no one would drive out in a storm. When we'd get a storm coming in, my boss would call and tell me that he expected to see me, but allowed that I'd be an hour or two late because he knew I'd be coming into work on X-C skis rather than by car.
These days, we don't get into a car for a day's outing without a few bottles of Electrolyte Replacement drinks... As the say in Thailand, 'same, same... but different!'
Stitchawl
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