Mother Nature can suck my ...
Well, I won't finish that sentence as this is a family blog :) For some time now, Debbie and I had planned to drive to Detroit on Wednesday night. As the date approached, we learned of a lovely snow storm that was going to pound the route we wanted to take. After much deliberation, we decided that we still had to leave on Wednesday because if we didn't, it would be Friday before we could leave. Detroit had a forecast of 4-6 inches on Wednesday and ANOTHER 4-6 inches on Thursday. Meanwhile, Chicago was supposed to get some snow on Thursday as well. All things considered, driving through snow in Chicago is infinitely worse because people here lose all ability to think clearly when there are little white flakes falling all around them. Lauren went to sleep around 9, so it was 10:30 before we could get on the road. There is one thing I can say nice about leaving that late: there were no backups to slog through on the highways :)
There were minor flurries as we drove through Indiana (it's that lake-effect crap). And Michigan was fairly clear up until mile marker 100 (Our exit was 196). After mile marker 100, things got a little dicey. The snow was a very dry snow, so cars and trucks, especially trucks, would kick up this huge cloud behind them. On occasion, the clouds got so bad that the truck causing it, which I KNEW was about 40 feet in front of me, would disappear.
TANGENT: Whenever driving through a snow storm, I like to pick a truck traveling a speed I approve and follow that truck. In a storm like the one on Wednesday, this could not be a worse decision. All you could do is tailgate the truck so you could actually see the tail lights and pray he didn't have to come to a sudden stop. Oh, yeah, and if you're driving on a highway in such a storm ... DON'T DRIVE 20 MILES AN HOUR UNLESS EVERYONE ELSE IS. I nearly got into 2 accidents because these cars would just appear form a cloud with their flashers on, which no one could see anyway. UGH.
Fortunately, we got to Debbie's parents safely, arriving around 5:30 am (EST). For all the trouble driving, I would do it again in a heartbeat because Lauren slept the whole way. No amount of weather related inconvenience tops having a child asleep for the entire 6 hours. WOOT!
Anyway, we're here ready to enjoy a family filled holiday. I hope Lauren is up to meeting new people because she is going to be held ... A LOT! How could you not hold such a cutie? :) Merry Christmahaunakwanza!!!
There were minor flurries as we drove through Indiana (it's that lake-effect crap). And Michigan was fairly clear up until mile marker 100 (Our exit was 196). After mile marker 100, things got a little dicey. The snow was a very dry snow, so cars and trucks, especially trucks, would kick up this huge cloud behind them. On occasion, the clouds got so bad that the truck causing it, which I KNEW was about 40 feet in front of me, would disappear.
TANGENT: Whenever driving through a snow storm, I like to pick a truck traveling a speed I approve and follow that truck. In a storm like the one on Wednesday, this could not be a worse decision. All you could do is tailgate the truck so you could actually see the tail lights and pray he didn't have to come to a sudden stop. Oh, yeah, and if you're driving on a highway in such a storm ... DON'T DRIVE 20 MILES AN HOUR UNLESS EVERYONE ELSE IS. I nearly got into 2 accidents because these cars would just appear form a cloud with their flashers on, which no one could see anyway. UGH.
Fortunately, we got to Debbie's parents safely, arriving around 5:30 am (EST). For all the trouble driving, I would do it again in a heartbeat because Lauren slept the whole way. No amount of weather related inconvenience tops having a child asleep for the entire 6 hours. WOOT!
Anyway, we're here ready to enjoy a family filled holiday. I hope Lauren is up to meeting new people because she is going to be held ... A LOT! How could you not hold such a cutie? :) Merry Christmahaunakwanza!!!
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