studded tires rock my world

so... we dropped a ton of money the other day on something that i was sceptical about... studded tires. holy crap. so much fun. they take the fear of death out of driving in snow. i can understand why they are illegal in MI, but i think they are essential to AK. we've already had our first snow of the year in town and it is here to stay. so that means six months of frozen roads and six months of slippery roads. what an amazing feeling to come up to a stop light or stop sign and be able to stop on a dime with ice on the road. how cool.