Ultimate Canadians: Fredericton men trudge through blizzard for Tims coffee

Not even a major New Brunswick blizzard was going to come between two Fredericton coffee loversand their caffeine fix.

What started out as a joke between colleagues and friends DarrylSchulzand Chris Moore quickly turned into a serious quest for coffee at around 10 a.m. Monday right inthe middleofa treacherous blizzard that lasted all day and brought in more than 75 centimetres of snow.

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Inside his Garden Street house near the Shannex Parkland, Schulz said he could barely see out the windows because ofthe extreme whiteout conditions. But that wasn't going to keep him from his daily coffee routine.

"You know, got to makethe coffee run," Schulzsaid in an interview withHeather HiscoxonCBC News Network.

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His friend Moore called aTim Hortonsalongthe Hanwell Road to see if it wasopen, which it was.

'I was like, 'We could make that, it's walkable,'" Schulz said. "It'sonly a couple of kilometres."

The friends bundled up in snow gear, donned ski goggles and began their trek.

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Long stormy trek to Tim Hortons

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Two Fredericton residents walk for two hours through a blizzard for a cup of coffee

Visibility was low and the snow deep. Although no vehicles were in sight, the men played it safe, huggingthe shoulderof the roadall the the way to the coffee shop.

We had to drink it out in the snowbank because it was too hot.-Chris Moore

"It was really bad out," said Schulz. "The drifts were pretty significant yesterday."

When the duo finally reached their destination, the lights were out and they were convinced the coffee shop had closed.

Then they spotted afew people inside, sipping coffee or soup.

"Initially, it was success and excitement, and then it was, 'We are so out of place right now,'" said Schulz.

Their long walk in snow gear had left them feeling uncomfortably warm drinking their coffee indoors.

"We had to drink it out in the snowbank," Moore said.

The men finished their coffee,checked their cups to learn they had not won Roll up the Rim to Win, and then stumbled all the way back. The wind was to theirbacks on the way there, but the walk back wasn't as pleasant.

"The walk back was rather terrible," said Moore.

But that doesn't change the pair's message to other Canadians facingsnowy weather: embrace it.

"It's just snow we are Canadians."