The next morning

The next morning Kyle and I woke up to the interstate still closed down. The rest area was had drifted really bad and we knew that even when the interstate was opened we would not be able to get out of the rest area without a tow truck pulling us out of the rest area. The rest area we were at had no water for us to be able to water the horses. Kyle used the water we filled up for showers to water them, but we had limited supply of that. Kyle thought it would be best if I called the towing company to seem like a damsel in distress. I called and explained our situation of our horses being on the trailer with no water at the rest area to water them. Marty was the tow guy they put me in touch with. He seemed to really want to help us out. He said it would be an hour before he could get there. An hour came and went and finally a call from Marty to tell me they were not going to let him on the interstate since it was still closed down. At this time we were 35 miles from Rock Springs, WY and we knew from calling the road report that the interstate was open west of Rock Springs. Marty said he would make some more calls and be in touch with us. He called a while later saying they cleared in to come out and tow us up to the the interstate but that we were not to get on until the roads opened, even thought there was traffic going both ways on the interstate. He came out and got us out of the snow drift. We explained that we need to get to Pocatello that night and if we did not leave then that we would not make it. He said "well you go to go for it then, but I am not responsible for you" He towed us up to the interstate and he said he would follow us for the next couple of miles. The really slick part of the stretch. It was pretty scary, but Kyle did good and drove slow and easy and a few miles down the road the ice was starting to break apart. Marty zoomed by us once he knew we were going to be ok. A couple of miles down the road Marty was pulled over and out of his vehicle like he wanted us to stop. He said he had gotten a call that the trailer that he had towed out was on the interstate and if we did not get off they were going to ticket us. He said he would take us the back way into Rock Spings. He was a super nice guy and did above and beyond what he had to do. Had he not got us out I really do not think we would have made it in time for the rodeo. We already missed mandatory noon meeting that Kyle will get fined for not attending, but if we would have missed the rodeo they would have fined him an additional $250 and not let him run his 2nd steer which he had on Saturday. We were very thankful that Marty took my call and was so helpful. It ended up being 24 hours that we were stranded in the rest stop. The roads cleared up once we got 15 miles from where we were snowed in. Once we hit good roads we just kept trucking on another 350 to Pocatello. We did stop and get a bite to eat. Our last meal had been Monday night and this was Wednesday afternoon. It was the best hamburger I had ever had!!!
We got to Pocatello and Kyle made a nice run on his steer. When we went to leave the rodeo Wednesday night our pickup had no oil pressure!