Uhhh…yes, the snow came

It was a day late, but the snow came.  Yesterday they canceled school due to the imminent snowstorm, and it didn’t snow.  This morning I woke up early to go and pick up Chrissy and Kim from the airport, and it was snowing … a lot.  Luckily, I made it to the auto parts store last night and secured a nice set of chains for the van.

After a half hour of putting on the “easy” to put on chains, Josh and I headed on our way.  The beginning wasn’t smooth.  We got on the freeway only to see cars driving the wrong way.  There weren’t too many cars and they were going very slow, but we couldn’t go the way we wanted too.  Thanks to technology (cell phone to call Genni who had Live Maps), we navigated our way to a less steep hill with fewer cars blocking the way.  After that it was slow, but we made it to the airport.

On the way home there was only one scary moment.  I had taken  off the chains closer to the airport because the roads were clearer, but it had come time to put them back on.  The van was parked at a slight incline and I was at the downhill tire when it started moving.  The van slid and I hopped up to see what was going on.  I opened the door and the emergency brake was on, but that didn’t matter.  The van slid, but thankfully stopped at the stop sign.  Actually, the stop sign stopped the van.  No damage done, but I had a nervous moment.

Our 1.5 hour trip turned into a 5 hour trip, but we made it.  The girls are here safe and we are getting ready to play in the snow.