The drive back to Ames from Thanksgiving Break is one that I will never forget. I woke up around 9:30, packed my bags, and was planning on being on the road by 11 o'clock. The weather in my home town of Rochester was horrible and it had been snowing throughout the night and into the morning. My mom suggested I wait until the snow passed over and then leave. After a few hours the snow seized and I was on the road around 2:30. The roads were plowed and the trip was going smoothly until about thirty miles into my trip. Then the snow began to pick up and it was difficult to see the road. As I continued the weather conditions worsened. The wind began to pick up and the roads became slippery. Every ten to twenty miles there were a few cars in the ditch, and there were several accidents along the way. The traffic eventually slowed down and for most of the trip I was traveling around 45 miles per hour. I was about thirty miles away from Ames and looking forward to finally getting back to my apartment when the traffic came to a halt. It took about ten minutes to travel a mile, and the driving conditions kept getting worse. At one point the car in front of me slammed on his brakes, and I began to break when my car began to slide on the ice. I stopped right before hitting the car in front of me and nearly went into the ditch. I finally made it back to Ames safely. The trip that usually takes around two and a half hours ended up taking me four in a half hours. It is a drive back that I will never forget.
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