Last Sunday we skipped out of Sunday School just a little early and headed for the airport. When we arrived we found out that our plane was slightly delayed, so we broke out the laptops.
Cool! PDX has free wireless internet!
That made the time go fast. We finally got on our plane around 3 or so and flew to Denver. Since we were a little late, we didn’t have much time to make our connection, but it wasn’t far away and we were fine.
Man, crowded planes, no leg room, I was ready to be done. We finally got in to Indianapolis (remember, Indiana-POLE-iss) between 11:30 and 12 Sunday night. It was cold. We caught a shuttle to the long-term parking lot where our car was and found a nasty surprise.
There was a solid sheet of ice over the whole car. It looked like it poured down rain then immediately froze, I’ve never seen anything like it. We couldn’t chip or scrape it or anything, we had to wait for the defrost to get warm enough to soften it up. Couldn’t believe it.
There was snow on the ground, but the roads were clear and dry. Jewel drove the last hour (while I slept), I was wasted. We arrived home a little before 4 a.m. Went to bed and I slept another hour or so, then got up and went to work.
Glad I don’t have to relive that day at work.
There was about 3 inches of snow on the ground. It stayed very cold the next few days, very cold. Then today when I got off work it had just started to snow again. A few hours later there was another 3 or 4 inches of snow on the ground.
Only a little more than two weeks until I get to go to Oregon again!!!
5 Responses
December 8th, 2005 at 10:59 pm
Tom, Glad you made it “home” safely. It was clear as a bell and slightly chilly here today, but it is supposed to stay that way for a while. Good to see you when you were here. We will have more things for you to see when you get back out here to “Utopia”. Look forward to seeing you again. dt
December 9th, 2005 at 10:56 am
Me thinks you don’t like snow so much. C’mon, this is awesome.
-Kaitlyn
December 9th, 2005 at 11:28 am
Ahh, you have met a great mid-west tradition- The Ice Storm!! Lovely, aren’t they?? We have a tendancy to get those where I live while everyplace north is getting snow, and go much south and it turns into rain. Come to think of it, that’s probobly why we get so much ice!!! ~Lauren
December 9th, 2005 at 4:32 pm
When we got home to Hermiston, there was very sparse snow on the ground. Tavin was extrememly disappointed that we’d missed “first snow”. It stuck around for several days, and it is still staying in the tens-twenty’s but no more snow. :) Fortunately, we have very little moisture, so we don’t have to deal with much ice. Until we see the gorge for Chirstmas….See you then!
December 9th, 2005 at 10:53 pm
So good to finally meet Jewel! I have heard so many great things about her and can’t wait to swap “Tom” stories…. Was so good to see you both. Looking forward to your visit again in December. Wish we had more snow here… you know, no school=no work for me!! :-)
Take care both of you! (By the way, who can’t pronounce Indianapolis?????)ha!
-Melissa