Monument Hill Scared Me to Death Last Night

My nephew is in Colorado Springs for a Lacrosse game this weekend. He attends a private college in St. Louis and in the summer lives with his mother in Houston Texas. I don't get to see him as often as I would like, so when I learned that he was coming to Colorado for a game I had to make it a point to see him. They got into town yesterday afternoon, and I had already made plans with him to go to dinner, so when the weather rolled in and it started raining here I didn't think anything of it. I jumped in my Explorer around 4:30 yesterday afternoon and took off to the Springs. Had a great time with my uncle, and a great dinner, then dropped him back off at his hotel. As soon as I got outside of the Springs headed north on 25 the traffic came to a stop. An hour later I finally made it over Monument Hill. There were trucks sliding backwards down the hill, cars over turned, cars and trucks stuck in the middle of the road that couldn't go up the hill. It was terrible. Especially since I have a two wheel drive Explorer with a V8. There were times that I thought I wasn't going to get up the hill, and then times when I wondered if I was just going to slide down the other side. My wife being from Colorado warned me not to go, but no I just couldn't listen. Bet I will next time!