Trick or Treat?

Dad and I tried to make a surprise trip back to Missouri. Our intent was to get there in time to "trick or treat" Jen's family before they headed out for the evening. We left Springville at 7 am on a Friday and made it to Rock Springs, WY without any problems but because of snow and high winds between Laramie and Cheyenne, I-80 was closed. The weather was OK in Rock Springs so we were a bit frustrated by the delay but "hung out" for 3 hours, eating lunch, trying to find a battery for dad's cell phone and checking in with the "information center" for a possible re-opening of the road. No chance, so our choices were to spend the night in Rock Springs and see how it was in the morning (that would put us WAY behind schedule) get down to I-70 and keep going or turn around and go home. Well, it was "Luke and Issac's or Bust" so we headed south toward Vernal, east into Colorado, over Rabbit Ears Pass (snowy, windy and scary fish-tailing), through Dillon (skipping Berthod--switch-backs that have an in-famous place in the White family history), hitting I-70 just before the Eisenhower Tunnel (still snowing) and slowly on down the front-range of the Rockies into Denver and (because we didn't want to be too far behind schedule) on to the border with Kansas to spend the night in Burlington, CO. It was 1 AM before we got to bed! Halloween was bright and clear so we sailed through Kansas and Missouri but didn't get to Arnold until the Bat and Bolt were out in another neighborhood trick or treating. We visited their new Wal-mart (our comfort zone where ever we are), had dinner and waited until they got home. Jen, being Jen, had a feeling we were coming out but the look on Luke and Issac's faces was well worth the trip. Here are some pictures of our visit.