Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Snowy Memorial Day

This is the view we had as we drove home from Provo on Monday, Memorial Day.  It was raining down in the valley when we pulled out at 2:30 am  and headed up Provo Canyon.  The temp was at 37, so we knew we faced the possibility of snow the higher we went.

Just outside of Heber the rain became snow. It was a white out a few times.  So fun when those trucks zoom past you on the freeway going 70 mph while you're trying to stay on the road going 45.  We lost at least an hour, making the drive 16 1/2 hours this time.

We were looking at the temps in KC during the snow storm, and could see that it was 79 there.   It took 4 1/2 hours to get out of the storm and west of Rawlins the temp rose to a balmy 37 degrees, and finally near the Nebraska border, we had dry roads. 

Glad to safely make it home.  And grateful for warm temps.

More on the reason for the trip later...

3 comments:

Bungalow Boutique said...

Glad you made it home safely too! That Provo canyon can be a real bugger! It was fun to see you guys and your cute kids.

Kathleen said...

Oops - I was logged into the wrong account on that last comment.

Margaret said...

Ugh...done the canyon in the snow several times--not fun at all. Glad you made it home safely. Hope you had a great time!