snow & ice

We made it to McPherson, Kansas yesterday afternoon.

We left Milwaukee on Friday morning at 8:45 am and arrived in Lawrence, KS at 7:00 pm.

Quite the drive. 

We had to drive more carefully through light rain for the first 3-4 hours, which added about an hour to the trip total.

There were A LOT of cars traveling on the interstate.

It made the drive through Illinois and Iowa slower than we cared for. 

By the time we got to Des Moines the roads were back to normal and we traveled the rest of the trip at the posted speed limit.

We had a great time in Lawrence, even though it was brief.

Got coffee at La Prima Tazza and went out for supper at Free State Brewery with friends.

Then we spent the evening catching up with friends. 

I actually get to see most of them again throughout this week because of Ben's jazz concert and Cari's wedding on Saturday. 

We left Lawrence after having biscuits and gravy at Jacob and Chelsy's house, even though we would have loved to go out to a bar to watch the KU game with them. 

A HUGE storm system was going through the Midwest, so we figured we better get going.

There was a little rain in Topeka, but the roads were clear after that.

We listened to it on the radio as we drove through the Flint Hills instead. 

We made it to McPherson JUST in time. 

It started raining again about 5 minutes from the McPherson exit. 

We watched the rain turn into HUGE flakes, and the snow went on and on throughout the afternoon and night.

We hopped in the hot tub for a bit during the snow storm. 

It was AMAZING.

There is SO much snow outside right now.

The picture below is only right after it started.

Stucky Christmas lunch at Dorothy's today.

Let the Christmas activities begin!