shook his head, "No ma'am, all the roads are closed. This storm has everything shut down across most of the Rocky Mountains. There's no way to get through. You'll have to turn back and get a hotel room, but you better hurry. I've been sending people back down the road all afternoon and I bet everything is filled up already."
She rubbed her forehead. "Do you know of any places we could go nearby?"
The sheriff thought for a minute and nodded. "There is one place, if you go back down this road and take the second exit and then turn right, you follow that road for about ten miles and there's a little town with a general store and a resort that offers cabins. I think they may have some cabins open still.
They usually let me know when they're full up on days like this and I haven't heard from them. Give that a try first, and if you can't find anything, you'll have to go further down this highway, but that's your best bet right now. It's the closest place to this exit."
Shannon nodded. "Thank you, Sir. Stay safe and warm out here." He waved at them and went back to his car.
Colby shook his head. "I can't believe this weather. It's frustrating. It feels like we're in some sort of twilight zone and we aren't ever going to get there!"
"We'll get there. It may take a week, but by God we will get there."
Colby frowned. "I just want to get there in time," he said quietly.
Shannon didn't say anything. She honestly didn't know what Tiffany would do when Colby showed up insisting that she choose him over Ron.
She drove slowly down the road and followed the sheriff's directions, and an hour later they found themselves in the tiny town with the general store and the resort with the cabins. Colby was stunned.
"This is a town? There are only three buildings!" He looked at them in wonder.
"Well, there are eight buildings if you count each of the cabins as an independent structure,” Shannon teased him.
"You're smart at both ends, I see!" he cracked a smile and laughed. They walked into the main office at the small resort and a man greeted them in his fifties. He waved at them and said hello.
"You folks get caught in the storm?" he asked in a friendly way.
Shannon nodded. "We did. Do you happen to have a room available for tonight?"
The man nodded and pulled a key down from the wall. It was the only key on the wall.
"Yeah, I have one cabin left. It's the furthest one down the hill. It's already made up and waiting for you. If you want to pick up some groceries or anything, you could stop in at the general store there down the way, but you'll want to hurry. They close at five.
Get whatever you'll need for tonight and tomorrow, and I will run down to your cabin and get a fire started in the fireplace for you to warm it up."
Colby could not hide his surprise. "There's a fireplace?"
The man nodded. "There sure is, and a whole wall of logs behind the cabin so you won't run out while you're trying to keep warm."
Colby and Shannon were both glad to hear that. The man finished up their registration and sent them on their way to the general store.
"I like this place so much better than the place we stayed at last night." Colby said with a smile. She agreed one hundred percent.
They walked through the general store picking out a few things and then they checked out and headed to the cabin.
When they walked in, they both grinned at the sweet little place. It was all done with light pine wood and there was thick carpeting around all of the floor except near the fireplace where marble tile was laid out. There was only one bed again, but this one was larger and would fit them comfortably.
There was a full sized bathroom with a shower and tub, and a mini kitchen in the corner of the room. True to his word, the man at the office had started a roaring fire for them and the cabin was the definition of cozy and warm.
Colby walked
She rubbed her forehead. "Do you know of any places we could go nearby?"
The sheriff thought for a minute and nodded. "There is one place, if you go back down this road and take the second exit and then turn right, you follow that road for about ten miles and there's a little town with a general store and a resort that offers cabins. I think they may have some cabins open still.
They usually let me know when they're full up on days like this and I haven't heard from them. Give that a try first, and if you can't find anything, you'll have to go further down this highway, but that's your best bet right now. It's the closest place to this exit."
Shannon nodded. "Thank you, Sir. Stay safe and warm out here." He waved at them and went back to his car.
Colby shook his head. "I can't believe this weather. It's frustrating. It feels like we're in some sort of twilight zone and we aren't ever going to get there!"
"We'll get there. It may take a week, but by God we will get there."
Colby frowned. "I just want to get there in time," he said quietly.
Shannon didn't say anything. She honestly didn't know what Tiffany would do when Colby showed up insisting that she choose him over Ron.
She drove slowly down the road and followed the sheriff's directions, and an hour later they found themselves in the tiny town with the general store and the resort with the cabins. Colby was stunned.
"This is a town? There are only three buildings!" He looked at them in wonder.
"Well, there are eight buildings if you count each of the cabins as an independent structure,” Shannon teased him.
"You're smart at both ends, I see!" he cracked a smile and laughed. They walked into the main office at the small resort and a man greeted them in his fifties. He waved at them and said hello.
"You folks get caught in the storm?" he asked in a friendly way.
Shannon nodded. "We did. Do you happen to have a room available for tonight?"
The man nodded and pulled a key down from the wall. It was the only key on the wall.
"Yeah, I have one cabin left. It's the furthest one down the hill. It's already made up and waiting for you. If you want to pick up some groceries or anything, you could stop in at the general store there down the way, but you'll want to hurry. They close at five.
Get whatever you'll need for tonight and tomorrow, and I will run down to your cabin and get a fire started in the fireplace for you to warm it up."
Colby could not hide his surprise. "There's a fireplace?"
The man nodded. "There sure is, and a whole wall of logs behind the cabin so you won't run out while you're trying to keep warm."
Colby and Shannon were both glad to hear that. The man finished up their registration and sent them on their way to the general store.
"I like this place so much better than the place we stayed at last night." Colby said with a smile. She agreed one hundred percent.
They walked through the general store picking out a few things and then they checked out and headed to the cabin.
When they walked in, they both grinned at the sweet little place. It was all done with light pine wood and there was thick carpeting around all of the floor except near the fireplace where marble tile was laid out. There was only one bed again, but this one was larger and would fit them comfortably.
There was a full sized bathroom with a shower and tub, and a mini kitchen in the corner of the room. True to his word, the man at the office had started a roaring fire for them and the cabin was the definition of cozy and warm.
Colby walked
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