Up and down el Rio Blanco: Happy New Year

I started to drive to Rangely last Friday, 40-45 mph on slick, bumpy, snow-packed roads, the sky was clear and my phone read 7 below zero. As I drove through Powell Park, a semi was flashing its lights and the driver was giving me the slow down wave. Near the west end of Powell Park, Scott Mobley was hooking his truck up to a vehicle off the north side of the road. I waved as…