Yesterday the reports were of snow and weather everywhere. When we'd stop for gas there was snow everywhere on the streets. I talked to a man at a rest stop who told me that Miles city had just gotten a ton of snow and miraculously cleared by the time we rolled through. He was impressed that we had avoided it so far. The highways were snowy in the passing lane, but one lane was clear. And nearly every car that passed us was covered in snow. But somehow we drove around it and made it from Bismarck ND to Bozeman MT in just under 12 hours. It was 557 miles.
We made it to Bozeman in time to have dinner with Mardell and Jon. I knew Mardell in college and she also lived in Minnesota for a while before moving to Oregon for law school. She lives in Helena MT now and came to Bozeman yesterday to ski and see us!
The truck slows us down a bit as does a certain five year old [who doesn't understand that stops are supposed to be quick (and that an hour to eat a sandwich and get gas is too long)]. He did great all day and crashed when it was finally time for sleeping.
To Chain or not to chain THAT is the question
ReplyDelete...sooo...did you sport the money to be on the safe side??