What a great trip home!!

We (the five of us....yes the dog went too) left New York Friday, December 18th around 11:00 AM. We knew a snow storm was approaching the Eastern coast but we figured by leaving this early we would beat the storm. We could not leave any sooner because Addison was in a play at school. So, off we went. For the first seven hours everything went well. I was hoping we could beat the storm before it hit the mountains in Virginia. Unfortunately, that did not happen. Around 6:00 PM, it began to snow. As time went on, the storm gradually began to get worse.

The temperature was dropping and the snow was falling hard. At 7:00, about 40 miles above Roanoke, Virginia, we were looking for a place to pull over to get something to eat. There was an exit with some restaurants but it looked as if it would be difficult to get back on the interstate so I decided to go a little farther because I thought if we could make it to Roanoke we would have a better selection (ha! ha!).

We traveled about three miles past this exit and traffic stopped. We sat on the interstate for four and a half hours.....yes four and a half hours! At 11:30, we began to move slowly. We could not get over 20 miles an hour because the snow was so deep. Two hours later we arrived in Roanoke and got a hotel room. After getting a little food from the Shell station (blueberry muffin, banana bread, Doritos and warm and eat mac and cheese) we finally ate “dinner” and went to bed.

When we woke up at 7:30 AM, the little town we were in was covered with two feet of snow. I dug the car out and we again began on our journey home. After several detours and advice from our friend, we decided to change directions and head for Charlotte, North Carolina. This would get us out of the mountains and deep snow. This turned out to be the best decision. Once we made it to Charlotte we were traveling at normal speeds. We arrived in Marietta around 5:30. Thirty and a half hours later we were finally done with our trip. To say we were ready to get out of the car would be an understatement.