After a fun filled extended weekend with our grand babies from the cities it was time to
take them home to their mommy and daddy.
Yesterday (Tuesday) was the day we had promised to return them.....
We were watching the weather knowing it would be snowing by early afternoon.
The snow started a bit earlier and the traffic slowed as we got closer to my son's home.
(We were glad to have the littles home before the big storm).
We safely returned our precious grandchildren, had a quick visit with their mommy and said our goodbyes knowing we had a snowy drive back home.
The photo's really don't show the visual difficulty as we headed back to Rochester
The wipers were clogged with ice and Rick was having a difficult time seeing,
since my side was clearer, I verbally steered him, "a little more to the right" please :)
As you can see many cars were heading north, the cars on the far right were pulled over to try and clear their windshields. We chose not to stop for fear of being hit from behind.
We followed this semi-trick for a long time.
Traffic was single file because the edges of the road were invisible.
We figured if the truck went in the ditch ( like his friend on the left) we would just veer the other way.
We counted 5 semi trucks in the ditch, and many cars.
Not because it was slippery but I believe it was because of impatience... they were trying to pass the single lane of traffic and the cars/trucks were pulled off the side of the road by deep snow.
We chose to drive smart and and stay single file.
So that's our snow adventure of the day....
Lesson to share: Stay in single file just like they taught us in kindergarten :)
