After 11 years, replacing Continental Extreme Winter Contact with Michelin X-Ice winter tires

 After safely driving close to 100,000 kilometres on Continental Extreme Winter Contact winter tires,

it's time to change tires, and get new ones.

Kilometre reading as of now 196,218.

Theses were the first winter tires installed in October 2009 when the car was new.

It's 11 years today!!

 And I've done a lot of winter highway driving in dangerous conditions, snow and ice!

For a change I'm switching over to Michelin.

2 reasons: 

Continental Extreme Winter Contact tires are no longer available.

And I just want to see how good the Michelin's are in comparison :-)

These rims are the same ones from 2009, i just paint them every year!

Removing the all season tires ...

All set for winter!

No long drives planned this winter, but let's see how the Michelins compare with Continental

in the long run.

Listening to Gordon Lightfoot while painting Mount Robson

 At an elevation of 12,972 feet, Mount Robson is the highest peak

in the Canadian Rockies.

The Secwepemc were the first inhabitants of this area and they called the mountain

Yexyexescen which means striped rock. 

It is also known as the Mountain of the Spiral Road

This is a technique i love using sometimes instead of a brush or a palette knife

Back in the late '70's i used to listen to Gordon Lightfoot when I was a school boy in India.

I learnt so much about Canada from the song Canadian Railroad Trilogy

that I wanted to go and see the Canadian Rockies.

Never in my wildest dream did I imagine that it would happen.

While driving the winding roads of the Canadian rockies, you see lots of mountains, and lakes.

And you take a turn, and all of a sudden, you see this majestic peak ahead of you!

The experience is so exhilarating that you stop by the side of the road,

And enjoy the breathtaking view of Mount Robson!

Mount Robson

30"x40" oil painting on canvas