Winter Wonderland

Gabe and I got up around 3.30 am and by 4.09 am we were on the road for our road trip. After hours of traveling, we suddenly ran into this! Wow, we've entered a winter wonderland!! Luckily for us the road were all cleared off. So traveling wasn't bad due to the roads.

The ice on the trees was a really beautiful site, although i have to admit, i don't miss this stuff at all! I was so glad the roads were all cleared off. We even seen some electric trucks that were heading to help get power going in the areas.

The poor trees in Arkansas were taking a big load and so many branches were breaking from the weight of the ice.

The power lines were all sagging and we even had to drive over several lines. Not realizing that there was no power yet in these places we got low on fuel and couldn't find a gas station open because they

had no power.

I began to get nervous as we only had 7 gallons of fuel and the word was the farther we went, the worst it got. We finally ran into a gas station that had just opened up and had generators running to run the pumps. We stopped and filled up, even though we had to pay $1.89! One good thing was we only had to wait a little bit in line, as the word wasn't out yet that the station was open. Farther on down the road we found another station open, their gas was much cheaper, only $1.59 but the lines were horrible! As you can see, everyone was trying to get fuel for vehicles and generators.

It was a beautiful site, but i was so thankful that i wasn't staying long enough to endure what torture winter storms brings. No, i do not miss living where winter can be brutal. I enjoyed passing through and seeing it, but was so glad to be out of it.

We finally arrived in Southern, Mo and they were just as iced down, i got all the paper work finished. Opps ... i forgot to tell you all that I bought into a camp ground membership? Yes, i decided to purchase a membership and plan to spend my summer there this summer. I have always loved southern mo and being so close Branson was the icing to it all! I can take day trips Branson and there is so much to do there.

I was online surfing and for memberships for sale and ran across this one and since it was at such a cheap price compared to buying directly, i called and it was still available and so i snatched it up. I'm excited about my summer plans. Not only will it be great for me, but when my grand children come to visit there will be so much for them do and see.

After finishing up the paper work we were back on the road and finally around 7.30 pm we arrived at my oldest son house. Grand kids time... Yessssss .. well that was day one ... see ya all later ...