Day 3 - 1250 miles completed

Just a quick note to let you know we have arrived at my brother Rick's home in Covington, GA.

Since Sam is running a day late, we will be here until Tuesday morning. However, the forecast is for light snow here Monday night. Sam's new home is 5 hours (good weather) from here. Here is a picture for Christina,
Nathan, and Sam! Thought it might bring back some memories. :-)

Day 2 - 960 miles behind us!

We were greeted this morning with light blowing snow but no accumulation on the ground. Weather.com had promised only a 30% chance of snow for the length of I-81, so we took our chances and hit the road at 8 a.m., wondering how accurate that prediction was. Thankfully we left the snow behind within 20 minutes, and enjoyed sunny blue skies for almost our entire trip. Signs of spring were everywhere, from cattle grazing in the fields and deer grazing on the road sides, to flattened skunks and possums on the roads. The Blue Ridge Mountains stood out crisp and clear against the sky, and even though they were snow covered, in the distance they did look blue. As soon as we crossed the state line from Virginia into North Carolina, there was NO MORE SNOW! YES!! We leap-frogged tractor trailer trucks coming down
I-77 until we reached Jonesville,NC, where we decided to call it a day and find a motel -- a Comfort Inn -- not quite as nice as last night but it has a pool. :-)
We are very thankful to have scooted out between storms, and to have reached the South! Sorry for you guys up north who are enduring yet another snow storm!

We spoke with Sam this afternoon. He is planning to reach Ft. Levenworth, Kansas by this evening, and expects to reach Alabama by Tuesday.. at least that's the plan for now. Yesterday they thought they had a mini disaster, as they had left Aedon's goldfish in the truck over night, and his fish bowl froze solid. But when the ice melted, little Nemo woke up, and was swimming around like nothing bad had ever happened to him! Sam and Desi were relieved that they didn't have to tell Aedon that his fish didn't survive the trip. Looks like Sam and family are in the clear weather wise, as are we. Thanks to the Lord for His many blessings!
Judy

Day 1 - 506 miles completed

4:30 came early this morning, but pre-trip anxiety prevented us from sleeping in. When daylight finally crept in, we were delighted to see that the rain had subsided, it hadn't changed to snow after all (good thing, because we must have gotten 10 inches of rain last night), the sun was peeking through, and the roads were quite passable. We were rolling down the highway by 7:20. The weather was great until Sturbridge, MA, where we were greeted by a mini-blizzard. That was rather disconcerting since the weather channel had promised sunshine in Hartford. We were in and out of snow squalls from then on; every time we would start thinking that maybe we should quit early and call it a day, the snow would stop, the sun would come out, and the roads would dry off. So we would praise the Lord again and would just keep on going. Our goal was to get past Scranton if we could, and hopefully on the west side of the big storm that was still battering New Jersey. God is great! We made it almost to Harrisburg, where we decided to stop for the night. Found a great Best Western with a heated pool and an exercise room. We have already had a good work-out; now for the pool! Looks like a wonderful relaxing evening. Thank you for your prayers!

We just talked to Sam; he is in Gillette, Wyoming, on his way to a town in S. Dakota, about 160 miles more before they can rest tonight. Long day for them! Keep them in your prayers.

Day TWO for Sam

Sam & Desi are now 50 miles from today's destination, Bozeman, MT. They just crossed the Continental Divide. So far so good. Thank You Lord. We plan to start our trek around 7am tomorrow. Road conditions don't look pretty. We'll try to make it to Scranton, PA. If not, we'll adjust our ETA accordingly.
Ron

Sam & Desi along with Aedon and Acadia are OFF

Sam and Desi left Fort Lewis, Washington (near Tacoma) yesterday, across the Interstate 90 mountain pass into Spokane, WA. They travel today to Bozeman, Montana. It is currently in the 30's and partly sunny for the entire trip today. 293 miles completed. 399 miles scheduled for today. Only 2005 miles remaining to Covington, Georgia (just outside of Atlanta), where we join up with them Sunday evening, at my brother Rick and wife Susan's home. After that, it's only another 264 miles to their final destination, Enterprise, Alabama. Then the unpacking can begin.

After some snow clearing, we pack up today and leave in the morning, Friday. We are currently surrounded by large snowstorms and rain. Hope to slip out of the bad weather about Friday afternoon.

Ron