2013 Vacation Day 2

Vacation 2013. Day 2. HORRIFIC storm early this morning. Started raining maybe about 3am but by 5am there were horizontally blowing winds, whirlwinds off the barn we were parked next to, and 3.5 inches of rain all at once. Needless to say, not much sleep was had! When we left, we heard the south route was impassable due to high water so we took the north route on Road 19 and it was underwater in two places. At hwy 166, there was construction and we had to wait for the pilot car. All this within one mile of departure!

In Chetopa, KS heading toward Baxter Springs we see ‘Road Closed’ signs off to the side of the hwy. We thought they were old, no longer valid and headed that way. Yep, bridge washed out. Turned around. Many bridges had water just under their overpass the waters were so high. Headed back to Chetopa, got fuel since we didn’t know how many more impassable areas we would encounter. Went around the washed out bridge. And it was the only one.

Got into Wright City, MO a lot later than expected, about 8:30pm. Uncle Kenneth was kind enough to drive over to see us. We visited with Mom, Dad & Ken then headed over to see Kayla, Danielle, brother Scott and Cindy. Kayla was having a “Final Farewell” party for about 20 of her high school friends before they head out to college in the next few weeks. Left about 11pm. We were all beat tired. And Ken had a hour drive home still!

Laura knit a ruffle scarf using Improv yarn during this day of driving.