20 Hrs

We left Salt Lake City around 1 pm. We were in for a long haul. We were really concerned about the road conditions because they said that it was going to snow in CO. We were hoping to follow the storm so that we didnt get the full blast of it.. Unfortuneatley the aftermath was worse than we imagined.When we got into WY there was still alot of daylight, but the roads were covered in ice and the wind gusts were somewhere betwwen 50 mph - 65 mph. We were really worried now.Even though we were really sleepy you couldnt help but keep you eyes peeled especially around those semi's.

The semi's and RV's would throw enough snow up that we couldnt see the road or anything else and at times we would have to come to a complete stop in order to find our bearings on the interstate. But most of the time we were the only ones on the road.

When we came close to Chyenne, a RV drove past us and blew all the snow up in front of the truck it looked like a blizzard. We couldn't see the road cus the headlights were reflecting off of the snow that was blown up,so we stoped and jared let off the gas and some how our truck was pushed off the road and into a ditch. Luckily the ditch wasn't very big and we used the 4WD to get out, but after that our speed went form 10mph to 2mph. I admit I was pretty scared and vowed never to do that again.But as soon as we got into KS, 72 miles before Kansas City, all the roads were iced completly even the toll roads were bad, and it was 7 am.. we couldnt believe that snow trucks hadn't come out yet. and for 72 miles we slid across three lanes and almost hit a baricade and then had the oportunity to be in the early commute with icy roads. There weren't many cars on the road be we were more scared of them sliding off the road and hitting us than we were of sliding off ourselves.

And finally we made it into MO. But we will never forget all those cars at the side of the road that got pushed off or skated off. It was the luckiest 20 hrs of our life.