Freaky April Winter Storm!!!

What a day!!!!! How weird to experience all the seasons of the year in a short 5 hour span!!!!! Sun, rain, strong gusty wind, snow, sleet, "sideways snow", hail, breezy wind, hail/snow, rain and back to sun!!!!! What a day to choose to cross the Cascade Mountains!!!!! Traffic came to a halt, then we all inched along for what seemed like forever!! Finally we all came to a tour bus that had slid sideways on the freeway, closing all but one lane. As we went around the end of the bus, a small pickup in front of me could not get traction and was slippin' & slidin' trying to get going-which he finally did. As I got to the same spot I started to loose traction but got going ok. Must be why the bus could not make it! Everyone was chaining up but I could not get to the side to chain up so kept going looking for a way over. Finally we all got to the "spot" in the freeway where the trucks had plowed and things got some better-almost at the top of Snoqualmie!! Going down was almost as bad!! Going East the freeway was closed for a bit. My hands ache from holding on to the steering wheel too tight!! In all the years I have traveled over the mountain, I have never had to chain up...this was the one time chains were required and I couldn't!! By the time I could, it wasn't required anymore!! A 3 hour trip took 5 hours!! Strange April weather!!