Cob Jockey

Where I should be right now:

Where I am right now:

Truck stop Denny's: FINE DINING TONIGHT!

When I left my house for my lesson, there were flurries, and the forecast was for a 20% chance of snow showers with no accumulation.  10 miles up the interstate, and I encountered a traffic jam with a 5 car pileup as the cause.  Another 5 miles and it was snowing so hard I couldn't see 20 feet in front of my car, and there was a crosswind strong enough to threaten to blow me off the road.  Then I saw a three car slideoff, and a few miles later the pickup truck behind me gracefully slid off of Interstate 65 into a 20 foot ditch like he'd planned it.  I finally made it to my exit, 25 miles from home, with still another 12 miles of country roads between me and the barn, and as I came close to sliding into a semi after nearly getting blown off the exit ramp by the 40 mph crosswind, I decided to spend my Thursday night at the Denny's at the Pilot truck stop instead of on my horse.  I have never seen weather turn so badly so quickly!

Edit: It ended up taking me over six hours to go 25 miles north to the exit and 25 miles south back home. After I left Denny's, I found that it's so extremely cold here tonight that the moisture was re-freezing as fast as the INDOT trucks were de-icing things, so the roads turned into a solid sheet of ice.  The final leg of my journey was 19 miles and took me over an hour (after spending another couple of hours at a different restaurant after I almost got in a wreck and was shaking too badly to continue)  I am glad to be home and not sorry at all that I missed my little buddy tonight!  Stay safe out there, Midwesterners!