Venue Church: Day One

So, we were gonna try to make it as far as we could the first day, at least Nashville if not further. We got started a little later than we wanted to today, but that's ok right? wrong. Those 2 hours made all the difference in the world. We were making great time. for the first 9-10 hours we were averaging 60 mph, including all the stops for gas, food, unexpected kid restroom stops, with 5 kids it was great. BUT then my father-in-law calls and asked:

Dad: "Where are you guys right now?

Me: "We are just about 40 miles from Memphis."

Dad: "Oh. Well you guys need to be careful, I heard it is getting pretty bad over there. Some big snowstorm"

Me: "Really, We got nothing. No snow ... even on the ground, beautiful and sunny here, Dad.

Dad: "Ok, call me back in a half and hour and tell me what you see."

Me: "Will do"

Well. We saw a little snow sprinkled on the trees and then on the ground and then a little more and then a little more. I talked back with my Father-in-law and he said that it is supposed to get really bad, but i am gonna push through ... I can handle this! The kids couldn't wait to get out and play a little in it. For Grace, Elise and Ian this was a first that they can remember anyway.

We were getting hungry and it was snowing pretty good, so we stopped at a Steak & Shake to get a bite to eat and to prepare for the coming snow storm. We ate and it was a blast, snow everywhere ... the kids throwning snow balls at each other. They figured out what cold really means.

We got back on the road and traffic was going about 50 mph, then 40 ... 30 ... 20 ... 10 ... 5mph. The road was bumpy from the big ice chunks and that had formed on the (road). Hey look! there's a car on the side of the road ... oh look there is another one ... I decided not to count anymore after 20. Cars, Trucks, Semi Trucks. You could tell how long they had been there by the amount of snow covering them. So, ok ... we need to get off as soon as we can. there was an exit with hotels, just a few miles up the road. Faith looked them up on google and called them, but they were both already full ... The gas station was good enough ... It had to be. About 45 other cars were apparently apart of the sleep over as well.

I realized that Chuck Taylor, even though leather, were not the shoe of choice for this kind of weather ... my feet were cold and wet. Let me show you a couple of images and then share the highlight with you tomorrow.