Stuck in Billings

Two extra day's of spring break was alright with me for the most part. I had to miss all my classes on Monday due to my grandpas funeral which was very sad and tough but I was happy to not have to go back to school. My cousin Christy and I were planning on driving back on Monday night but decided we were having fun hanging out with all the family that was in town, so we would drive back in the morning. To our dismay we were stopped by a blizzard at 6 in the morning. We were heading west toward Columbus when we saw two snow plows sitting between the interstate and they seemed to just be waiting for a storm. Christy and I looked at each other and said "that can't be a good sign..." not three minutes later and it was a white our blizzard. The snow was so heavy and wet that we were hydroplaning on slush. We made the decision that we didn't want to risk our lives just to make it back for class. We found out we made the right decision on the way back when we heard that Reed Point had school canceled and then Big Timber had a snow day as well. The Bridger snow report kept coming on saying there was 8 new inches of snow and it was still coming down! At that point we were just pleased to be headed safely back to grandmas house. It snowed pretty much all day in Billings so we went to a coffee shop and did homework like good little girls. Later in the day we heard that Bozeman was sunny and the storm was moving east. We decided to give it another try around 5. The first part of the drive to Reed Point was a little scary but after that it was like mother nature had one of her bipolar fits and we had a beautiful sunny drive back into Bozeman. It was such a relief! At least we made it to 3 our of 5 days of the week after spring break :)