Endless return-trip...

As our weekend with Finn came to a close, we left Salt Lake City Sunday at about 5:45 pm hoping to be home just half-and-hour later. Instead of that, it took us more than three hour to get back to our house. First, our regular route was the scene of a police chase (which with little doubt could have been avoided) that ended up with one man killed and stopped traffic on I-80 for most of Sunday night. With that route closed, we decided to drive down to nearby Provo Canyon and reach Park City through that alternative route. When we got to the canyon’s entrance, it was close too with police cars blocking the access. We learned later that a woman and four children that cut off right in front of a pick-up truck had her car basically sliced in half, killing two of the kids and sending the other two to a nearby hospital. What that terrible accident related to the first one? Perhaps, just on account of all the extra traffic redirected to that area. We then had no other recourse but going back up opposite side of the valley towards Ogden and catch I-84 to return home via that “back way.” When all was said and done, we traveled 170 miles instead of just 27 and it took us 3 hours and 15 minutes instead of only 35 minutes. After all this road carnage, we were exhausted but counted ourselves lucky to have made it home unscathed…