Haven't Beat the "Weather" Yet!

 

This morning in Milk River Alberta at 8 am

 

It wasn't our best day on the road - but we did stay on the road.....! The rain that began to fall as we came off the road yesterday turned to snow overnight. That wasn't too disconcerting as the roads were mostly dry in the morning.

We had the friendliest border agent ever as we crossed and we were through in a minute. That was about the best part of the day as temperatures stayed below freezing, road conditions changed often between hopeful and hellish due to snow and rain.

 

At one point there were many semis stopped on the side of the road chaining up. Bill put the truck in 4-wheel drive and we crept through the slush-covered mountain passes. Further south, when conditions dried and warmed, Rose Lynn took the last shift of the drive and we were relieved to notice that the ice accumulated during the day was beginning to drip off as temperatures rose. Still had to knock slush clumps off the steps before we could enter the trailer and push out the slide!

 

This afternoon in Dillon Montana at 4:40 pm

 

 

You might wonder why we even kept on driving? Well, it's like this; several times we were very tempted to turn back/check into a hotel but the timing and logistics such as why drive back through that slop/there's no hotel in this town/weather and road conditions would improve encouraging us to continue played into the minute to minute decision making.

 

It's over, we're safe, warm and dry....

and tomorrow is another day!