Wow, it has been NON-STOP since I last wrote. Just checking in and saying - we're still here and we've survived all the winter driving. With that massive storm that came in on the 12th, we had to pack up a little early and drive for 24 hours straight to get ahead (and stay ahead) of the storm. Right after Jarett's last exam, we packed the van and drove to Calgary where we had a 8 hour stay/rest before we were on the road again to get ahead of the sub-zero weather and the enormous amounts of snow that were coming. The storm started to pick up and we ended up driving all the way from Calgary to St. George, UT in one day. The huge blessing behind this is that when we finally stopped there, the snow stopped about 6 miles north on the Interstate. In fact, just 30 miles north of us a semi-trailer lost control and jack-knifed causing huge delays and horrid problems. We were totally protected by the hand of the Lord. We were also very blessed because Jaymeson was AMAZING. He only needed to be fed when we reached our scheduled stops, which caused us to be able to keep good time and be able to beat that storm. We very much felt like we were in the movie The Day after Tomorrow with the storm coming from the north and freezing everybody on the way down. We had a wonderful week in California and on the way back we actually had a worse trip. Through Idaho and Montana we hit horrid snow, but we were able to make it through due to many, many prayers and VERY slow speeds. If we had waited one more day though, we would've hit much more snow in Utah as well. We feel so blessed with how things worked out and know that the Lord was watching out and protecting us.
Friday, December 26, 2008
It's the Most Freezing Cold Time of the Year
Wow, it has been NON-STOP since I last wrote. Just checking in and saying - we're still here and we've survived all the winter driving. With that massive storm that came in on the 12th, we had to pack up a little early and drive for 24 hours straight to get ahead (and stay ahead) of the storm. Right after Jarett's last exam, we packed the van and drove to Calgary where we had a 8 hour stay/rest before we were on the road again to get ahead of the sub-zero weather and the enormous amounts of snow that were coming. The storm started to pick up and we ended up driving all the way from Calgary to St. George, UT in one day. The huge blessing behind this is that when we finally stopped there, the snow stopped about 6 miles north on the Interstate. In fact, just 30 miles north of us a semi-trailer lost control and jack-knifed causing huge delays and horrid problems. We were totally protected by the hand of the Lord. We were also very blessed because Jaymeson was AMAZING. He only needed to be fed when we reached our scheduled stops, which caused us to be able to keep good time and be able to beat that storm. We very much felt like we were in the movie The Day after Tomorrow with the storm coming from the north and freezing everybody on the way down. We had a wonderful week in California and on the way back we actually had a worse trip. Through Idaho and Montana we hit horrid snow, but we were able to make it through due to many, many prayers and VERY slow speeds. If we had waited one more day though, we would've hit much more snow in Utah as well. We feel so blessed with how things worked out and know that the Lord was watching out and protecting us.
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5 comments:
Wow, I'm glad you're back safe & sound!
I'm glad you had a good trip. Too bad you were booking it so fast we didn't get to see you, but I understand how that goes. What a blessing that the baby cooperated and you were able to evade the bulk of the storms!
So glad you guys are ok!!!!!! The weather is so insane! Be careful with you and your precious family! Can't wait to see the Christmas pictures!
Wow! That's crazy driving! I'm glad to hear you all made it back safely!!!
It is pretty amazing you made it from Calgary to St. George in one day! It's probably even worth mentioning two blogs in a row! Just bugging ya!
ttyl,
love, Alanna
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