Day 2 on the road trip - Dec 27th

Got up and had an early breakfast in the hotel.  It was one of those included breakfasts, so you all know what to expect from them.  The yogurt was excellent.  LOL
  It was chilly in Shelby, the temp read only minus 18C, but the windchill when I was fueling up was definitely a lot colder than that.  I had my downfill on and it was none too warm, so I would hazard a guess at lower than minus 25 or 30.  Fortunately the time was short and the gas less than $2 per gallon.
  Got on the road in good time and had dry and clear roads all the way to Helena.  Was able to use the cruise control, which is a bonus in winter travel.  Got a phone call from Jerry Canuel looking for a golf partner and he naturally asked about the roads.  Told him it was good, except for the wind and he said that might create blowing snow.  It was like a curse, as soon as we left Helena and got into the first mountain pass, we had a ground blizzard.  Fueled up in Butte and then much of the same most of the way to Dillon.  The temp warmed up to about minus 10C, but the wind kept the day chilly.  Saw lots of Alberta, BC & Saskatchewan license plates today, so lots of people with the same idea as us.  I heard on the radio that this is the busiest travel day of the year.
  After we got thru the second mountain pass at Monida, Marg drove through Idaho, to Pocatello. 

The driving lane was mainly very good, with snow on the shoulders & temps around minus 16C.  It was very scenic with a hoar frost hanging on through the morning in Idaho.  Traffic stated to build noticeably after Idaho Falls all the way down from that point.  Pocatello is normally a stop for us, but we just fueled there and continued on making Utah in good time.  The speed limit most of the way was 80 mph, we just set the cruise on 75, so were passed by quite a few drivers.  We did see one guy getting a speeding ticket, wonder how fast you have to go to get one here?
  The building on the left was only built and completed in the last couple of years and kept us speculating on what it would eventually look like, pretty nice looking corporate office.
  We got to Ogden in good time, so decided to try and get through Salt Lake City tonight.  If we stopped on the north side there, we would have had rush hour traffic and that's not a fun time here.  We did have pretty heavy traffic in the area just south of the city center, not bumper to bumper, but very heavy.  It made us glad we continued on.  An odd coincidence or out of habit we stopped at a hotel we had used on our first trip down here [it was brand new then] and we have since stayed here a few times.  So we are in Springville, it is right on the south boundary of Spanish Fork, so we are through the congestion that is Salt Lake City.  Another good day, I think we clocked 700 miles or 1,125 kms.  We are well positioned now and with luck will be out of here before the snow starts tomorrow.  It will be too long for us to make AJ, so the plan will see us stay in Vegas for the night and make for 2 easy travel days rather than the long first 2 days.
  The good thing about this hotel is that a Cracker Barrel is right next door, so we got our first one in already.  Marg had the chicken fried chicken, me the pot roast.  Both were excellent.  Gas prices are the lowest we have seen $1.83/gallon; that would be 40.6 cents per litre.
  Oh yeh, got a couple of pics for those who only look at them.  LOL