To Go, Or Not to Go

Dan and Caleb.  The "twin" cousins.  Dan will let you know that he is 5 hours older!

Dan's "twin" cousin Caleb invited him to come to Idaho one of the first couple of weekends in January and I chose this one.  Naturally, our less than wintery winter decided to start dropping lots of snow on the state right before the weekend, so I didn't decide what to do until this morning.  Dan was really, really looking forward to seeing his cousin, and Caleb had already made plans, and I knew they would both be really disappointed if we couldn't make it work.  I decided we could likely make it safely and so we got ready and left, hoping to get to Rexburg without running into any major storms.

The good news?  We are here!  We did see 7 accidents but 4 were on the other side of the road, none included injuries, and we did well following a train of trucks and cars at 40 miles an hour down the freeway in Idaho for an hour or so.  Most of the trip was pretty clear.  

I am so thankful that Dan has a "twin" cousin who is his friend and that they can have time together.  Dan gets a little lonely, and it is great that they have a chance to visit and have a bit of fun.  Depression is a real thing, and depression in winter can be worse.  The love of a good extended family can make a big difference for good!

I had Dan take a picture at one of the sketchiest parts of our drive.
We followed that semi for quite a while and I was glad it was
breaking the way and was easy to see!