On the East Coast

Hi everyone. Well we made it safely to Virginia. It is so hard to believe that we are actually here! Here's some of what has happened to us so far.

Our trip started out with quite a bang. As we were getting ready to leave a snow storm rolled in. We rushed to leave because we knew that we had to beat the storm to Wolf Creek Pass or else it would be a total mess. We raced to Wolf Creek only to find that we had caught up to the storm while we were on the pass. Thankfully we got behind a snow plow. The road was atrocious even with the plow and there was a box truck tailgating us some of the way. At the summit the plow turned off and then the road got really bad. The wind was bad too, it blew the snow across the road, making it almost a whiteout a couple times. Thankfully it didn't last and the tailgater passed us. I'll post some pictures of the pass probably either later today or tomorrow.

The rest of the drive was uneventful. Except that somewhere around Colorado Springs Alyssa's ear started bothering her really badly. It just wouldn't pop and she was miserable. Finally we got to the hotel in Denver where Alyssa got some pain killers and then she was fine.

We went to bed sometime between 9 and 10. Then we got up at 3:20 in order to get to the airport between 4 and 4:30 in order to get to our flight which left at 6. So we were up early, but the flight went well. It was Jacob's and Alyssa's first flight and they were super excited. They enjoyed most of the flight and it was a lot of fun to look down at the clouds beneath us, it was only my third flight after all. The problem came on when during decent. Alyssa's ear started killing her again and then she started getting motion sickness. Then Jacob's ear started hurting him. So neither of them enjoyed our landing in Atlanta. So we spent two hours in Atlanta recovering in preparation for the flight to Richmond. Once again both Jacob and Alyssa enjoyed the takeoff. On this decent Jacob did great, Alyssa still had  a hard time, but not quite as bad as before. As we came in over the Virginia countryside Jacob and I marvelled at the beauty of the farms and everything. So we got in to Richmond and picked up our rental car, our minivan that the counter guy had unbelievably talked Mom and Dad into. As we left, again we marvelled at the greenness and beauty of Virginia. We even saw a couple Civil War era looking canons on leaving the airport. As we drove down the road I pictured in my head Union and Confederate, American and British soldiers fighting through the dense trees and foliage.

Finally we arrived at our friends, the Myhrbergs. They gave us an extremely warm welcome and we spent the rest of the evening talking and playing games. It was very relaxing. They have been such a blessing to us.

Well now you are caught up to today. We are still at the Myhrbergs', but will be leaving for Mount Vernon later this morning. I'll post some pictures once I get a chance.

Quote of the Day:  "Look at the clouds!" --Probably most of us said that at 39,000 feet at some point yesterday.  :)