Traveling to Iowa, Day One

As I started loading the car this morning, the snow began to fall. It was coming down pretty good by the time we hit the road at 8:26 AM. It was fairly slow going until just after Kellogg, Idaho. We drove ahead of the storm and the sun actually came out.

We had great driving conditions until we hit Livingston, Montana, about 30 miles east of Bozeman. The blowing snow made visibility really really bad. It was Susan's turn to drive at that point and she made it for about an hour before it became too nerve wracking.

We found a little turn off and I took over. Oddly, that's where the conditions improved and we sailed into Billings at about 6PM.

Overall, we drove for about eight hours and about 575 miles. 

We wanted to try and make it to Gillette, Wyoming but darkness and chilly weather made us decide to take it easy. This will be a three day trip.

The car is handling great and we both like it. Now we just hope to have better conditions tomorrow. The goal is to make it to Sioux Falls, South Dak. That looks like about 660 miles, a good ten hour day.