Travels with Mar and Lar

Logan Utah
February 25 - 29

This was meant to be a quick trip to drop Mar's mother back at home after her winter stay with us. It was simply a time I could go, so we did. But . . .

Traveling across Wyoming in the middle of winter is always a risk. You are crossing the Continental divide and a couple of other mountain ranges. There is a good chance that you will run into some sort of weather – and not good weather. We thought we were going to be okay. There was a small chance of snow forecast, but wind warnings all across southern Wyoming. So what is new about wind in Wyoming. Nothing – we thought – so we took off Saturday so we could get to Logan and attend church Sunday morning. But . . .

We got to Rawlins, Wyoming just as they closed the highway going west. It was not snowing. In fact about an hour after they closed the highway, we had blue sky. But the wind was so bad they were having accidents – vehicles blowing off the road – between Rawlins and Rock Springs. A few hours later they closed the highway going East. So we got a motel and stayed the night in Rawlins.

The trip proceeded as planned on Sunday morning and we got to Logan. Monday and Tuesday we helped Mar's mom get resituated at home. Then Wednesday morning, we woke up to a light snow – but a dire forecast for a lot more (which by the way did come to Logan that day), so we packed up and took off. The trip up Logan canyon was a little bit tense – weather related – but not too bad, and from there on we made good time.

This was not a pleasure trip – it was a utilitarian trip.