Adventures in Winter Driving

So I'm writing this entry from a hotel room in Burley. You must be asking why? Well I decided to brave the winter roads and drive home for Christmas today. When I looked at the forecast it said there will be snow all week, so I figured whether today or tomorrow, I will run into bad roads so why not just get going. Everything was good, in fact perfect and then suddenly it wasn't. I came upon a bad part of the road almost instantly. I turned a bend at normal freeway speeds and hit a snow drift! I started to slide and tried to regain control of my car, but the car in front of me hit their brakes, causing me to hit mine and I was sliding again. There was nothing I could do, I knew I was going off the road. Luckily, I didn't panic and over correct, or I could have flipped the car. It didn't take too long to get a hold of a tow truck, but I had to wait for them because they were very busy and coming from Twin (I was close to Burley). I think from the time I slide off to the time I got back on the road, 6 other cars and trucks slide off and had to be towed, luckily no one was hurt. I started to debate if I should go the rest of the way to Idaho Falls or just stay in Pocatello with my Dad. After I got out of the ditch I decided I wasn't going anyway. I heard the roads were much worse ahead and things were starting to freeze. I decided to just go the few miles to Burley and stay the night. Plus I was pretty frozen and wanted a HOT shower. So here I am sitting in the Best Western in Burley. A little boring, but I got a pretty nice room and room service! I will head out again tomorrow and hope for better luck.