Drive West and Seattle

With a very touching and heartfelt last day of work on a Friday, my focus turned to our next big item: moving my partner to Seattle. We didn’t want to waste any time and planned to pack that same weekend so that we could leave shortly after. This allowed us to pack over the weekend, load the truck on Monday, and be ready to leave early on Tuesday. The weekend went pretty well; we were able to pack at a good pace and even enjoyed a couple last visits from a friend and my sister to wish us a safe trip. On Monday night, we checked Google Maps on our phones to ensure our planned route was still valid. Our plan was to take I-80 from Boulder to Salt Lake. To our surprise, a winter weather alert popped up about a big storm that was to hit the area around Salt Lake City. The alert for 12 inches of snow made us question that idea. We searched for other weather warnings around our secondary option through Colorado on I-70. This was a longer route that went through very mountainous areas prone ...