A Three Hour Tour...

"the weather started getting rough"

Yesterday, the Rosenkoetter family left to spend a few days (including Christmas) with Heather's family in Noblesville, Indiana. We left around 10, with the idea of getting in around 4 o'clock after stopping for lunch and the requisite potty breaks. (That is, 5 o'clock local with the time change.) To skip ahead to the ending, we rolled into Noblesville at 4:30am this morning!

The "wintry mix" wasn't too bad; we had to go slow, though. (45-50 mph was about the fastest we drove the entire trip.) However, after breezing past Terre Haute towards Indianapolis, the traffic ground to a halt about four miles short of the intersection with 231. We waited there (with small movement) for three hours!

Knowing we needed to get gas and food, we checked a map and bailed. We turned around and headed back to the intersection with IN-59, had dinner at Burger King and then drove north to catch highway 40 across to I-465 at Indianapolis. That was a great plan - until we hit a backup at about the same point. We spent the rest of the night clearing one accident, only to drive two miles and run into another one.

Fortunately, we did get in safely. Although Heather's sleep was far more broken, I slept soundly until 11am!