Snowy Night

This is what I saw out my car window for two and half hours last night. Interstate snow on I-26W.

Thursday night Mario and I decided to add a bit of adventure to our weekend. We booked Bailey at the kennel, made reservations for a hotel suite in Asheville, NC, and packed our bags. We got out of Columbia around 4:30 p.m. and made it to our hotel at midnight.

We sat and sat and sat on the interstate with two children for hours. There were accidents everywhere, I-40 was closed, tractor trailers were just stopped in the middle of the road, cars ran out of gas, and we had to listen to an never ending loop of High School Musical tunes. I never even thought that we would be trapped on an Interstate! In our decision to head to the Western NC mountains I counted on Mario's Buffalo snow driving skills but forgot to factor in a few other things like overconfident 4 wheel drive drivers.

We finally got off of the interstate thanks to a lucky choice to evacuate the interstate in favor of a GPS alternative route and safely made it to our hotel. Cookies and tea greeted us along with a cooler of icy beverages that we brought along from Columbia.

We think there is about six inches of snow outside with additional forecasting for sleet and a wee bit more snow today. We packed 1. bathing suits and 2. snow gear. Those two things sum up our plans for the day. We came for snow. We found the snow. We are excited to go outside and enjoy the snow...and then to chase it with a dip in the hot tub. Happy Saturday!