Capn Frank

There and back again: A Phred's Tale. As we left Wisconsin the reliable weather man said there would be light flurries. Upon the beginning of our travels, flurries fell early. Soon after, it was an all out blizzard. The 1 cm of accumulation turned into 30 cm fallen in a couple hours, a slight miscalculation on the weatherman's part. We plodded along at a pathetic 50 to 70 km/hr for a 1,600 km journey on a freeway. We stayed upon the straight and narrow. Looking to our left and r...

...and right seeing many vehicles in the ditch, cars, trucks, semis with trailers, and even a plow truck. We plodded along. After 8 hours of this grueling driving, we crossed the Missouri River into Omaha, where the snow is lacking and the wayward vehicles in the ditch are almost non-existent. It felt like we flew the rest of the way to Colorado.

The trip back was not nearly as exciting.