Another Trip West

I left yesterday after worship for a trip out west to visit with family and friends as well as spend time at the National Pastor's Conference in San Diego. (I know it's a rough gig, but someone has to do it.)
Everything was going well yesterday as I made it through Chicago without even slowing down. It really is nice to have the I-80 work done on the south side of Chicago, at least on a Sunday afternoon it made it nice. I was making good enough time that I canceled my reservation at a motel just at the edge of the Iowa on the Mississippi river. I didn't think much of it when the desk clerk said, "Well if you change your mind we have plenty of rooms and they shouldn't fill up to fast as the roads between here and Iowa City are ice covered."
Well up to that time the roads were clear and just light blowing snow. Well four hours and a half hours later I made it the 180 or so miles to Des Moines. The roads were not bad most of the way, snow packed in some places, but cars in the diches all over. Most of them had been there for awhile, at least they were tagged with ribbons indicating that some emergency personel had checked them out. But there are some tow truck companies that are going to work long hours over the next couple of days and make a lot of money pulling everyone out.
I didn't stop to take any pictures yesterday, but I'll see if I can't get some up and posted tonight.
From here it is on to Wyoming.