The DELAYED run

Well, round 2 started a little slow. We showed up early (5:30am) hoping to get a jump on things since the trailer was ready early last week. Tuesday it was ready by 7am, and Friday it was almost ready when we got there at 4:30am. Unfortunately, they were abit swamped, and we were told it would not be ready until our scheduled time of 10am. We did get it early however,,,,9:30.
We made it to Aurora, dropped it, found an empty, and got over to Gary without any problems. We dropped the empty and bobtailed over to a Pilot, got a shower, and went back to the Conway yard for the evening.
Again, got our load the next morning and headed out. This time, we noticed the weather did not look so good. Rain across Iowa, then turning to snow over in Nebraska. Kim took the first round and drove in the rain all day to Grand Island. I took over, and the weather pretty much went to crap. Snow, and winds from there on. By the time we got to Cheyenne, it was really questionable as to if we should go on.
On of the resources a driver has is the CB. I asked about conditions between Cheyenne and Laramie, and was told by 3 drivers that the winds were so bad, it just about knocked their heavy loaded trucks sideways. That was enough for me to call it quits. Kim sent in a detained notice, and I called in to tell them we were parking due to weather. About that time we heard that I-80 was infact closed between Cheyenne and Rawlins and would remain so for awhile. We parked in the Pilot parking lot just before they announced the closure. It sure filled up fast after that. We timed it just right.
We watched some tv, and called it a nite early. Got a full nite sleep, and the next morning got a shower, and breakfast. They finlly opened the interstate about noon, but reports were still high winds, poor vis, blowing and drifting snow. We waited an hour for traffic and plows to work some more then headed out.
About the time we got to Rock Springs, there had been an accident that shut down the interstate again! We waited at Cheyenne about 16hrs, and at Rock Springs another hour and half. This load is just not meant to get to Salt Lake!
After we got going past the accident, we got notified that we had been un-assigned the follow on load at Salt Lake and Gary, and our next load was Tues morn. We were too late to get the second round in.
Oh well, we get a weekend at home , with some GREAT weather for a change. We had to take the tractor to Kenworth this morning for a new windshield. We got a rock chip and it cracked all the way across. Will be able to pick it up Monday afternoon, and ready to go Tues morning again,,,,,after we get some riding in this weekend, and relax some.
We still have not been able to run a full week leaving early, and getting no delays. We'll see what next week brings.
Till next time, keep it safe out there!