This has been a brutal winter in many parts of the country. The temperature has been so low that the postal service even stopped delivering mail and good Samaritans banded together to help homeless people get warm and off the streets. You might’ve even seen train tracks on fire if you live in Chicago.

Cold weather isn’t the only danger though. There’s been snow, snow and more snow. While kids may like staying home from school when snow causes dangerous road conditions, adults often have to try to make it to work anyway.

Then, there are those adults that think of the snow as a fun adventure. We’re not talking about skiing and snowboarding either.

Jeremy Taylor lives in Oregon, and on Sunday, February 24th, he decided to head out into the snow. He loaded up his Toyota 4Runner and brought his dog, Ally, along for the ride. Taylor is an outdoorsman who enjoys going off-roading, but this most recent adventure turned out not to be the best idea.

Taylor’s vehicle got stuck along U.S. Forest Service Road 40. He decided that he and his dog would wait until the next day to find help and that they would simply spend the night in the car. Unfortunately, more snow fell while they were sleeping, so the car was even more trapped. The pair tried to hike through the snow to look for help, but the snow was too deep. They ended up returning to the car.

It wasn’t until Friday, 5 days after they had set out on their adventure, that a snowmobile rider happened to come across the trapped vehicle. A rescue vehicle came shortly thereafter to retrieve Taylor and Ally and take them to their family and friends.

Just imagine being alone with your dog in a car, trapped in the snow, for more than 4 days. It makes us want to stock our car with blankets and canned goods just in case. Taylor is probably wishing he’d done the same thing.

Taylor turned the heat on in the car briefly from time to time to keep him and his dog from getting too cold. They didn’t have any food to heat, but there were some leftover hot sauce packets from Taco Bell in the vehicle. In desperation, Taylor ate several of those to stave off hunger.

After returning home, Taylor posted on Facebook, “Thank you everyone, I’m safe my Ally dog is safe. I really appreciate all the help. Got lucky, lets never do that again. I’ll be in touch with everyone soon.”

His friends and family commented how thankful they are that he’s safe. His Aunt Denise wrote, “maybe let’s not do that again, ok?….or, let’s just move you to San Diego so you don’t have to worry about that white stuff!”

As far as the taco sauce packets go, Taylor wrote, “Taco Bell fire sauce saves lives…”