December 13, 2008
All of the predictions for cold, nasty, snowy weather came true during the night. Rexburg, Idaho lived up to its reputation. Only about three inches of snow, but so windy and cold.
We had stayed at a motel in Rexburg. We got up and went over and loaded our van to the brim with their stuff. Next week they are moving back to Colorado. It was amazing how much stuff we packed into that van. Mat also took Ben's bike on his bike rack. Mat and Andi were also taking home Andi's brother and sister.
As soon as we were loaded, we hugged and kissed goodby and started on the trip home. Oh how we were not looking forward to that trip in the snow. It was pretty bad from Rexburg to Idaho Falls. Thirty miles of partially snow packed highway. From Idaho Falls to Pocatello it was only bad - not pretty bad. From Pocatello to Downey, Idaho it was perfect. The roads were dry and clear. From Downey to Logan was pretty good, except for 10 miles where we drove through a blizzard. That blizzard caught up with us in Logan and just iced over the roads real bad. Then it moved on and the skies cleared. We dropped Mar's mother off, said goodby to all of the family there and then drove on south to Ogden, again braving bad roads that didn't turn out to be bad. We stayed the evening with my mother and my sister, Melanie.
(Mat drove on home. Southern Wyoming was not for the weak of heart. Roads were sometimes icy and slick, particularly as they got to Laramie where they closed the road. Mat and Andi got to have an unplanned vacation stay at the Laramie Ramada.)
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