*Sidenote* before we could get "on the road" that 4th day, we made a small detour to Custom Auto Glass. I had to get the chip in my windshield fixed. Badda-bing, badda-boom, 30 minutes later, we're on our way. And then about 30 miles after beginning, we were able to stop at Carthage jail. That was not an inconvenience, it was an unexpected rest stop. I've been many times before, but the kids hadn't been.
The 4th day leg was from Keokuk, IA to Columbus, OH. That. Day. Was. Long. And it shouldn't have been. But there was road construction and a wonderful thunderstorm that followed us from about an hour outside of Indianapolis, through rush hour in the heart of the city (joy) and about 45 minutes past it. If it wasn't for Gina, the GPS, we would have been up a creek without a paddle. Literally!
We finally arrived in at Columbus, 12 hours after having left Keokuk. A trip that Mapquest, Google and Gina said would take 8 hours and 22 minutes. Now, none of them knew about the rock chip, Carthage, the insane rain, and the 4 bazillion potty stops that kids need. But in the future, I'm just going to add an extra 2 hours on top of any time travel estimation. Wait, strike that, reverse it. Travel time estimation. That would be great, time travel. Yee-haw.
Kids at Joseph & Hyrum statue, Carthage Jail in background
Raining sideways in Indianapolis traffic. At one point, wind was blowing the rain horizontally so that it was raining on the back window of the van and not even touching the windshield.
2 comments:
Glad you were able to drive through the rain okay. I always get nervous in the rain... Ok who i am i kdding, I'm a nervous driver and am muy impressed that you guys have so far across country!
I grew up driving (and inevitably skidding.. no matter what you do, drive in enough and you hydroplane) in rain.. I'm a Floridian.. it rains. I took my husband home for the first time through a hurricane. BUT, after being out of the rain so long now, I am always a bit nervous going back on R&R and being on the road the first time I see the wet stuff start falling... esp. when it isn't actually 'falling', but as you show, blowing down sideways by the bucket! It makes for stressful driving.
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