After much craziness..
We are in Texas!
We left Marshfield around noon on Friday, February 21st and started to make our way to Texas. We made it to Albert Lea, MN around 5:30 that evening and planned to stop long enough to eat dinner, gas up the car and moving van and drive on a few more hours. One wrong turn into a "No Outlet" area led to the car trailer being wrecked when it turned into the moving van and in turn also crunched my car pretty good. It's mushed up to the point that it won't pass state inspection next month, so we are looking for a new vehicle for me. Back to the point, we stayed overnight in Albert Lea and got up in the morning (after a pretty nasty snow storm) we got going and made our way to Olathe, Kansas. Uneventful, save the insane traffic in Kansas City...it helped me remember why I don't want to live in a truly BIG city. Sunday, we had decided, would be our LAST day on the road. We were all tired and not wanting to spend another day driving, so we decided to press through the last 10 hours to Amarillo. We made it into Yukon, OK before anything "major" happened. Dad mentioned that the front driver's side tire seemed to be "cupping" some. We called the rental place and a truck was sent out to check the tire. We waited almost 3 hours to get going again, but are grateful Dad noticed it when he did. From what the repairman said, had we driven on that tire, it very likely would have blown. After a total of 13 hours in the car on Sunday, we got in at 11:30pm and gratefully fell into bed.
The time since has been spent catching up on rest and starting the process of unpacking. We are grateful to have made it safely and to be back around my side of the family for a while.
We left Marshfield around noon on Friday, February 21st and started to make our way to Texas. We made it to Albert Lea, MN around 5:30 that evening and planned to stop long enough to eat dinner, gas up the car and moving van and drive on a few more hours. One wrong turn into a "No Outlet" area led to the car trailer being wrecked when it turned into the moving van and in turn also crunched my car pretty good. It's mushed up to the point that it won't pass state inspection next month, so we are looking for a new vehicle for me. Back to the point, we stayed overnight in Albert Lea and got up in the morning (after a pretty nasty snow storm) we got going and made our way to Olathe, Kansas. Uneventful, save the insane traffic in Kansas City...it helped me remember why I don't want to live in a truly BIG city. Sunday, we had decided, would be our LAST day on the road. We were all tired and not wanting to spend another day driving, so we decided to press through the last 10 hours to Amarillo. We made it into Yukon, OK before anything "major" happened. Dad mentioned that the front driver's side tire seemed to be "cupping" some. We called the rental place and a truck was sent out to check the tire. We waited almost 3 hours to get going again, but are grateful Dad noticed it when he did. From what the repairman said, had we driven on that tire, it very likely would have blown. After a total of 13 hours in the car on Sunday, we got in at 11:30pm and gratefully fell into bed.
The time since has been spent catching up on rest and starting the process of unpacking. We are grateful to have made it safely and to be back around my side of the family for a while.
Well it was a long trip, but you made it safe and sound! I hope you get settled in soon and get some rest. How did Kamden do on the trip? I nominated you for the Sisterhood Award on my blog too!
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