With our magazine deadline met Sunday afternoon at Winter X Games, and an impeding snowstorm in the forecast for Colorado and much of the rocky mountains, we decided to get on the road as early as possible, packing up saying goodbye to our fellow photographers in Colorado at noon. The drive through Colorado was smooth sailing, with only a few flurries hitting the windshield. Crossing the border into Utah even brought with it a few glimpses of the sun. Less than half an hour later, however, we found ourselves in what could have been a very dangerous situation had we not ended up where we did.

Very light snow greeted us on Interstate 70 as we entered Utah. Conditions seemed like they were in our favor.

As we turned south onto Route 191, conditions worsened. Mark's rear wheel drive sports car, as in Aspen, began slipping and sliding on the roadway.

An attempt to find better road conditions landed us on Route 666. Perhaps this should have tipped us off that things were about to get crazy?

Making our way back onto Route 191, it quickly became apparent that, in Mark's car, the snow-covered roads through the mountainous terrain would no longer be passible. We decided to make a u-turn and head back into the town of Monticello to wait things out at a Days Inn... not so fast.

Shortly after the u-turn, while climbing up a fairly steep grade, the car slid to the right uncontrollably and we ended up stuck on the shoulder in about six inches of snow.

"I don't know what to do."

I'm going to charge Apple Computer for the rights to use this scenario in their next iPhone commercial. "So we're driving through the mountains in a sports car during a blizzard like idiots when we got stuck! So I just got out my iPhone, right? And just like that, I Googled the nearest tow truck!"

Unfortunately, every tow place we called was answered by a machine. Even the police non-emergency number had no answer. As a last resort, we dialed 911 and were given an emergency tow number. That place said we could expect to wait for up to 45 minutes for them to get to us.

Sheriff to the rescue! For the second time in under a week, the police came to our aid in a more surefooted vehicle. Officer Tom Dyer of the San Juan County Sheriff's Dept. offered to push us up the hill back into town.

Getting the push.

With officer Dyer's help, we made it back to the Days Inn, but the fun wasn't over yet...

In his attempt to push us up the steep driveway to the hotel, officer Dyer himself became stuck on top of a flower planter, and had to be pulled off by the hotel's plow driver and owner. We never made it up the driveway completely, becoming stuck once again in front of the sheriff's cruiser.

Mark, who plans on purchasing a Corvette within the next month, scratches his head as to why his rear wheel drive, low profile tire sports car designed for fast speed on flat, dry surfaces keeps getting stuck in winter's brutal wrath.

David, Days Inn owner and plow driver, improvised with a ratchet strap to successfully tow Mark's car up the driveway.

Snow falls outside the Days Inn in Monticello, Utah.

Its just after 1 a.m. and the snow has stopped falling outside our hotel window. The forecast, however, states that snow is still possible through Monday night, meaning that we may be stuck here for another day and a half! We had plans to shoot drag racing in Phoenix on Monday, but those plans have obviously been scrubbed. Mark wasn't too happy about that, or anything about this situation.

I've gotta say, despite all the stressful moments, despite nearly spinning 90 degrees into an oncoming semi's path, despite having to pee really bad while sitting on the side of the road for over an hour, there was something about this whole episode that was kind of exciting. There was that uncertainty about the whole situation, not to mention the hilarity of it all happening again (remember, we got pushed up a snowy road in Aspen by the police less than five days ago) that made me smile. I just hope we can go home soon.