Sometimes it's not all what it's cracked up to be....

Growing up in Minnesota, 

I know that not all weather forecasts prove to be what they are advertised to be.

Therefore I'm a bit more adventurous when it comes to travel.

Saturday evening in Blaine MN...

rain turned into snow as we headed back to our hotel from dinner.

This weekend was one of those adventures that turned out to be a whole lot less problematic than advertised. A Winter Storm WARNING was declared for the very place we need to travel..

 Heaviest snow was predicted smack dab in the area we were to be.

 8-12" forecasted turned into about 4"of snow.... 

I would consider this a "fail" in the predicted snowfall totals.

I must admit I was a little leery after our last snowstorm trip home from the twin cities 

which happened was true to the forecast.... 

We had never been in a more crazy scenario of wind and heavy snow, 

unable to see the road causing a single lane of slow moving traffic from Cannon falls to Rochester.

It made us appreciate the need to be prepared with extra food, water, a shovel and extra winter clothing if traveling during a predicted snow storm.

Our granddaughter's gymnastics team was to compete in Blaine Minnesota on Sunday morning and we had made big plans with my daughters family to head up this weekend. We had reservations 

to stay the night in a hotel and then attend the meet on Sunday morning.

After much contemplation, we decided that we could safely travel to the cities 

before the snow on Saturday,

 the question would be...

will we be able to get out of the parking lot Sunday morning if the forecasted 8-12" of snow really happened? I guess we would "cross that bridge" if it happened.

Sunday morning at the hotel, our gymnast snuggles in her daddy's lap, 

a little nervous for her big meet. 

We were happy to see that the hotel parking lot had been plowed and only about

 4" of the white stuff had fallen..... off to the meet we went.

Saturday night we we surprised at dinner by our son Brice and his family. 

He and my daughter Brianna schemed to make it happen so that we could all eat together. 

My son lives only about 10 minutes from the restaurant

Sunday morning, waiting for the meet to begin.

Little Audrey had a great meet

 Here she awaits the other gymnasts as they take their place on the awards podium 

5th place on bars  :)