On Our Way to Pennsylvania!

We left Mira Loma, CA on Wed, Dec 2nd from a freight terminal on our way to Altoona, PA for our first stop and Richmond, VA to unload the rest of the miscellaneous cargo we're hauling. We left Los Angeles where the temperature was 82 degrees and drove I-15 up to Barstow and then took I-40 all the way to Oklahoma City, OK. We encountered an ice storm just outside of Albuquerque, NM and witnessed several wrecks after the fact, and watched one person nearly kill herself in real time. She wasn't paying attention and she just missed a head-on with the end of a guardrail. As it was, the car careened into the snow-covered median for approximately 100 yards where she came to rest not far from a very nasty drop-off. She must have been going at least 45 mph when all of the traffic ahead of her came to a dead stop -- and she didn't. I was driving during this ice storm and when I took an exit to fuel, I slid our big rig a little bit before bringing it back under control. If I didn't need to go to the bathroom before then, I certainly did after!

We spent last night in the coolest rest area in Conway, Missouri. Each of the picnic areas had a different building motif. The attendant at the rest area said it was a prototype and that Missouri was hoping to build additional "themed" areas. It was really a fun place and if the temperature hadn't been in the 20s, I would have enjoyed spending more time there - maybe this summer!

We drove through St. Louis this morning. As you can see Shannon got the St. Louis Arch and me in the same picture - how cool is that?! My brother Michael lives in Afton, MO, and we plan to give him a call and try to have dinner and spend a little time with him and Sandy the next time we travel through St. Louis on a weekend. I hope it is real soon!