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Dana flew down to Texas Sunday evening to help Bob finish packing and move to Iowa. The original plan was to pick up the U-haul Monday morning, pack Monday and get a good night's sleep Monday night, and leave Tuesday. Drive as far as Kansas City Tuesday, which is 11 - 12 hours, and finish the trip Wednesday, about another 4.5 hours. Dana has to preach Wednesday night.
Forecasts of snow made them consider leaving Monday night and getting a few hours in, to make sure they made it back in time.
Mom just talked to Dana. One emergency room trip (everyone's okay,) 1 leaky U-haul (had to be taken back for a roof patch,) and flash flooding in Texas (roads closed and detoured) later, they finally got on the highway around noon CST today. Bob is driving the U-haul and Dana's driving his car. It is pouring rain.
She plans on posting a full account when they're back on-line, but okay'd me to give a synopsis now... please keep them in your thoughts for the next 24 hours or so. This has gotta be stressful, and Bob hates moving anyway. The rest of the family is heading down after work Wednesday for Thanksgiving and to help with the unloading... but how about having a nice, cheery, welcome to the Midwest waiting for Bob when they get in tomorrow?
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I hope things get easier for them. If they are coming up I-35 they will pass within 200 yards of my folks house and about 5 miles from me.
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Kansas City? Man, they could have come here. I'd have fed them. I'd even consider meeting them in KC. (If they call you, let them know. Just in case. You know, if they are in/near Kansas City.)
::sends out good vibes and anxiously awaits the emergency room story::
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Okay, I lied. (Unintentionally, of course.) They weren't on the freeway yet when Mom talked to her last. They got on 35 around 2:30 CST. So no further troubles and they should hit Kansas City a little after midnight, assuming they can make okay time with the U-haul and trailer.
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Would Bob lose his status as National Traffic Safety Grand Poobah if he exceeded the speed limit?
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Right after they cross the Marais des Cygnes between the US 59 Ottawa exit and the K 68 Ottawa exit. They are on the west side of the hiway about a 1/4 mile north of the river.
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Just talked to dkw between Corinth and Denton, TX. She's in high spirits, they're out of the rain, and doing fine.
Katie, she said they did wave to you as they passed through Dallas. I passed along the punwit-family waving coordinates, too. Posts: 7954 | Registered: Mar 2004
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It's 8:18 Central time now -- so I don't know how far along they are -- but it is pouring rain here in central Kansas, and has been all afternoon. I hear it is the same way all through Oklahoma. It is supposed to turn to wet snow later on tonight. So it isn't the greatest driving weather, to be sure.
I think Dana has my cell phone if they need anything as they come through, but if not, tell her I'm listed (home phone) in the local phone book.
Farmgirl
(Trevor -- I called Ivygirl on the phone and told her to sign on and volunteer us. I was away at the dentist at the time having a tooth pulled so couldn't post myself).
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They stopped in Edmund, OK for the night. So they only got 2/5 of the trip done, but the flooding and stuff really slowed them down. Hopefully the snow won't be too much of a problem... they decided to stop earlier than planned, get a good night's sleep, and head out early.
FG, I reiterated your offer, and she thinks she has your number, just in case.
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Drive safe! We'd rather have you two ok than the irony.
Hope the drive and move are as stress-free as is possible.
. . . and, Bob? *sings* Ya really ought to give Iowa a try! Cuz they're so by-God stubborn, they could stand touchin' noses for a week at a time -- and never see eye-to-eye!Posts: 32919 | Registered: Mar 2003
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Well, we got wet snow overnight -- not too much as far east as I-35 (which they are on) but just west of that, up to six inches.
The highways look pretty clear, though, and you only really need to watch on bridges & overpasses. And this is all supposed to melt away by noon -- so maybe if they delay just a bit coming through -- they should have smooth sailing the rest of the way.
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The phone rang at 6:50 a.m. It was dkw. She said, "I've left Bob." Then the phone went dead.
Now, she sounded very happy, so I figured she'd taken off on her own in his car, since she has obligations this evening in Ellsworth. And sure enough, the phone rang again. She woke up at 4 a.m. and got ready to leave. Bob got up too, and suggested she go on ahead. So he went to walk Smokey and she left for home. She was in Wichita when she called . . . and as we talked, saw the sign for Kansas City - 200 miles.
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Yes - I guess I've been lurking long enough!
And I know dkw would have loved to have time to visit with those of you along the way, but it just was not possible on this trip. The timing was tight, even without the leaky truck, flash floods and rainy weather.
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Yes - I know this was a rush trip. I just hope they make it the rest of the way smoothly.
And actually, it is kind of cool that they know people all along the route (Boon in Oklahoma, me in Wichita, punwit in NE Kansas) that they can call on if they run into any trouble at all.... We're here for them!
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Do NOT elope. Your life is changing dramatically - that nonsense ceremony is to share with people whose lives will be affected by the change. Don't include them, and you become a stranger without letting those that should be closest to you see why.
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dkw just called, she's entering Kansas City. Bob's around Wichita. She said there were lots of cars in the ditch, and the freeway is plowed but the ramps are not.
It is, of course, sunny and dry in MN. Hope it stays that way until after we get to IA tonight.
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Oh good Lord. I had my first experience with the Krabby Patty or Crabby Patty or whatever this Halloween. I couldn't bring myself to eat one; it sounded so...iffy.
So I hope you don't mind if I call you Patty. Actually, the name Pat is apparently up for grabs as well.
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2:50, dkw in Ames and Bob just north of Kansas City. Ames is about 30 minutes from home, so she'll make it just fine... but it's a good thing she took off first this morning. I'm off, any further news will come from her. Posts: 7954 | Registered: Mar 2004
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Hi everyone! Thanks for the good wishes. I'm home (stopped in Ames to grab a few things) and Bob is about 120 miles away. I need to get ready for church, so I'll post the whole soap opera later.
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Bob made it in time for the tail end of the sermon. He's even more exhausted than I am, so I'm going to try to talk him into not even staying up until ElJay et al arrive.
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