.  The main road was closed and police were routing traffic around the accident scene on the only frontage road north of LaRonge.  Don had decided to transfer the small amount of gear in the trailer into the truck and then abandon the trailer.  It was not a very “good citizen” move on my part but Shirley had reservations back to Chicago from Denver in two days and there just wasn’t time to mess around getting it repaired and I felt it was not needed anymore given the advanced stage of construction at the cabin.  Don removed the gear in the trailer, as well as the trailer license plates.  Interestingly the north end of the roadblock was only ¼ mile away and in full view of the several police manning their barricade.  As we approached the roadblock, tension was high in the truck.  Don’s heard throbbed when one of the officers stepped out to halt the truck.  Don rolled down the window to talk with the officer who informed Don that they had noticed him speeding north earlier on the frontage road and asked that he drive slower on the return tip.  Don apologized profusely and moved off at a very slow pace.  Shirley got to Colorado in time to catch her plane.  We drove through the night and actually arrived in Boulder only a few hours after Jim and Jeff got to North Platte in their weather delayed flight back to Lincoln.