Treacherous drive home

With the storm of the century barreling into Wisconsin, we said quick good-byes and headed out.  It would not be prudent to wait until the morning.

The roads were rather slick and it was slow going.

We went about 35-40 miles an hour for 3 hours.

We were detoured off the road as there had been a fatal accident.

There were several cars off the road.

Normally, we head southwest to Dubuque and on to Des Moines, but this time we headed straight south, trying to get out of the path of this storm.  We made it to Bloomington about 2am where we knew the forecast was for rain, not sleet, the next day.  We found a place to sleep for a few hours.  The last room available at the hotel due to a cancellation!

We met a couple from Minnesota who knew they'd be stuck there for a couple of days until roads could be cleared.

 We drove through rain and also a little sleet, but the roads were good.

 Passing the time, I read aloud from the book "Life in the Bluffton and Pandora, Ohio Community, 1877-1910.  Excerpts from The Bluffton News"  LOVE these!

 Meanwhile back in Wisconsin, church had been cancelled.   That rarely, if ever, happens.  In Green Bay, some roofs collapsed from the weight of the snow!


The girls were enjoying their 19" plus snow!

 They were so very happy!

 We drove west to St. Louis and on to Kansas.

 Kansas needs rain so badly!!

 We aren't the only ones who stop at historical markers!

 

 

Such l---o---n---g trains!!

Don't understand this lingo!

And then a double decker train!

It even required 2 engines in the middle!

 And then home - home to Spring!

 

But spring in Kansas also means blustery days where trash cans fall over and trash flies all over!

And spring in Kansas means the possibility of tornadoes and hail.