Well it’s Tuesday on the spring break extravaganza. It’s freezing rain and we are awaiting a blizzard to lay down a blanket of snow. I was going to take this opportunity to do something productive and post an entry.
We took the drive up I-35 and others to drive up to Estherville. One may wonder why make a drive North when most move southward for such trips. Well thanks to this recession the plant had to shutdown for the week. Well with Elijah off from school, Sara off from teaching, and me off from work why not head north.
The drive up was splendid DVD players were a godsend. I don’t know how parents got along without them. We put them in and the kids were content. We kept them fed with snacks and food. It made the drive easy.
We took the first leg (Brownwood to Wichita) on the first night. It took us roughly 8.5 hours. Minus the half hour stop to set up for dinner, we made great time. I was really worried about how tired I was going to be especially the later it got. So I popped a 5-hour energy.
Maybe it was the power of suggestion or the placebo effect, but those things really worked for me. I was really awake when we rolled into the Holiday Inn Express in Wichita. In fact I had to make myself sleep.
The second leg the next morning took us through Topeka, Auburn NE, Omaha, and finally Estherville. The drive was really easy.
I have forgotten what cold really feels like. Since we’ve been here we’ve been hit with snowfall, freezing rain, and sleet. I’ve had to scrape my windows. I forgot how much fun that really is. ;)
Well that’s it for now. I’ll check back in later
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