This journey was such an adventure and so this is a lengthy post with lots of details! :)
Our home in Rochester, Minnesota. The place of Jonathan learning how to ride his bike, bringing home Elizabeth and McKinney from the hospital, 5 and 6 year old Birthday Celebrations for Jonathan, Summer dinners out on the back deck, first steps, and many, many more wonderful memories for our family....
We drove East on I-90. Jon, Jonathan, and Yokie the cat were in the car ahead of me, McKinney, and Elizabeth. We thought we were leaving ice and snow....
Crossing the Mississippi river...
A short stop at Dave's Guitar Shop in Wisconsin for Daddy....
You can see Yokie, the cat,....he was an amazing travel buddy for Daddy and Jonathan.
I can't remember which state these windmills are in....WI or IL?
It was about this time that I talked with Uncle Bob and Aunt Rita and discovered that we were both in Madison, WI the night before...and we didn't know it! I was SO sorry to miss them!!!!!
The weather started to turn icky...after awhile it was really messy. We started to see cars off the side of the road. When we passed an 18 wheeler off the road I hopped on our walkie talkies and begged Jon to stop. We stopped for the night in Hayti, MO. Jonathan was so excited because he got to go swimming twice and eat the hotdogs that the hotel served for supper. We met lots of nice people who were in the same situation...
The next morning Jon gave me a big pep talk and we got back in our cars to try to drive the last 177.84 miles to Oxford. He promised that we would go slow....and we did!
There was a thick layer of ice covering the interstate.
Arkansas...just about 30 miles north of Memphis. There was a big wreck between 2 trucks and I-55 South was completely blocked. We sat at this spot for almost 3 hours during lunch time. We had 2 honeycrisp apples (thank you So much, Kathy), a few crackers, and diet coke for the kiddos. (The girls liked the diet coke!) We had mostly content children and they did exceptionally well, given the circumstance.
Memphis was such a welcome sight!!! We had lunch at Cracker Barrel.
This is an ice covered tree in the parking lot...
Tennessee just south of Memphis. Look at the clear roads!!! We were able to drive the speed limit!
At last....after traveling for 9 hours and covering only 177.84 miles...we arrived in Mississippi.
We were so very thankful for safety....thank you to all our friends and family who were praying for us! When we arrived in Oxford Doug Sanford and Molly Singletary came to help us unload our cars. Our fridge was stocked and supper was waiting for us....such blessings!!
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