Snowed In...

Wednesday, we were supposed to take our long trek back to Texas. Tuesday night, we knew the wind was supposed to be dangerously bad. Advisories were warning to stay off the roads and since we were in the tall Sprinter van, we thought long and hard about staying another night or going. We decided, to just wait.

So the next morning, we settled in for a day of relaxation. The guys decided that morning that since it had snowed so much that they needed to run to town to get chains to help get us home the next day and we also needed food for dinner. However, when they tried to drive up the driveway, the van couldn't get enough traction. The guys tried for quite some time to get out of the driveway, but after traction straps and shoveling didn't work, we finally called someone to come plow our drive. After getting the drive cleared out, they made it out only to slide back down the hill to get out of the neighborhood.

We were literally snowed in.

Micah was able to hitch a ride to town to grab bigger traction straps and food for dinner. We made arrangements to have the plower pull us out the next morning in hopes of being able to get up the hill and on the road. We were all pretty certain we would be stuck again the next day, but to our surprise, we made it to the top of the hill and it was smooth sailing all the way back to Texas!

Next year, we won't make the mistake of coming to the mountains without 4-wheel drive...