A few weekends ago, the weekend just after I got back from Canada after the funeral, I took a 3 hour trip north with my dad to my aunt and uncles house up in Wisconsin. My grandma had spent the week there, and my dad and I were going up to spend the night and then bring her back home the next day. My dad met me at work, as soon as I got off just after 5:00pm and the two of us drove up together in my grandma's car, which she so graciously let us use - which happened to work out beautifully since I needed a car that week since my car was back in the shop - and my grandma was out of town - God lined that up wonderfully (Thank you God!).
Though I really didn't like being away from home so much (as I was home only one night (I think) over March Break), I really enjoyed spending the extra time with my dad, grandma, and aunt, uncle and cousins! (I also got to enjoy supper at Grandma Siebenthal's house with grandma and grandpa prior that week (when I went to drop my car off in the shop and pick up grandma Baurer's car)!!) Dad and I spent the night Friday and then we left with grandma Saturday morning. In that too short of period of time, lots of fun took place, in playing rummy with my dad, having conversations with family, and playing fun and exciting activities with Lavel and Karisa! Dad, Grandma, and I almost didn't leave on Saturday morning though. We got word that overnight a bad snowstorm had slammed central Illinois, though it was sunshine way up in Wisconsin. I was excited, as usual, since I Love snow and all it's sorts. But we decided to take a risk and head back, sadly I wasn't allowed to drive, but it was fun none the less. There were good conversations and sights on the way back. We made it a good chunk of the way back before we saw any hint of snow, but when we did start to see snow, the snow came piling quick. With cars and semis in the ditches and slow traffic we found our way to the exit we were looking for. The only thing was, once we got off the interstate, we had 40-60 minutes on state, county, and back roads. These roads of course were white, and very difficult to see. Normally I don't think this, but we were fortunate to get off on out exit behind a semi. The semi helped provide us a vehicle to follow in the whiteout. But the semi didn't stay the whole time. When the semi turned off on another road, we found no one to follow. Fortunately it was clear that a plow had gone through, so it took some of the visibility and hazardousness away. Unfortunately we found the plow parked in a parking lot not much further down the road (as it seemed he had reached the end of his duty to plow) and we braved the whitewashed roads ahead with very limited visibility and dense fog at points. But, praise God! we made it home safely and without much struggle, minus the smell of some burnt rubber as out tiers did a lot of spinning on the drive. Upon arriving at grandma's we found 8-10 inches (20-25 centimeters) piled up on grandma's front lawn. That you God for the time with family that weekend! Thank you God for safe travels! Thank you God for all the snow! 😉
Though I really didn't like being away from home so much (as I was home only one night (I think) over March Break), I really enjoyed spending the extra time with my dad, grandma, and aunt, uncle and cousins! (I also got to enjoy supper at Grandma Siebenthal's house with grandma and grandpa prior that week (when I went to drop my car off in the shop and pick up grandma Baurer's car)!!) Dad and I spent the night Friday and then we left with grandma Saturday morning. In that too short of period of time, lots of fun took place, in playing rummy with my dad, having conversations with family, and playing fun and exciting activities with Lavel and Karisa! Dad, Grandma, and I almost didn't leave on Saturday morning though. We got word that overnight a bad snowstorm had slammed central Illinois, though it was sunshine way up in Wisconsin. I was excited, as usual, since I Love snow and all it's sorts. But we decided to take a risk and head back, sadly I wasn't allowed to drive, but it was fun none the less. There were good conversations and sights on the way back. We made it a good chunk of the way back before we saw any hint of snow, but when we did start to see snow, the snow came piling quick. With cars and semis in the ditches and slow traffic we found our way to the exit we were looking for. The only thing was, once we got off the interstate, we had 40-60 minutes on state, county, and back roads. These roads of course were white, and very difficult to see. Normally I don't think this, but we were fortunate to get off on out exit behind a semi. The semi helped provide us a vehicle to follow in the whiteout. But the semi didn't stay the whole time. When the semi turned off on another road, we found no one to follow. Fortunately it was clear that a plow had gone through, so it took some of the visibility and hazardousness away. Unfortunately we found the plow parked in a parking lot not much further down the road (as it seemed he had reached the end of his duty to plow) and we braved the whitewashed roads ahead with very limited visibility and dense fog at points. But, praise God! we made it home safely and without much struggle, minus the smell of some burnt rubber as out tiers did a lot of spinning on the drive. Upon arriving at grandma's we found 8-10 inches (20-25 centimeters) piled up on grandma's front lawn. That you God for the time with family that weekend! Thank you God for safe travels! Thank you God for all the snow! 😉
Wow, that sounds like a stressful trip to me. Glad you enjoyed it (so it sounds!) And glad you made it safely!! Praise God.
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