Snow & Travel

Slide as the snow began

Well, we’re still here.  At least for the moment.  Our original flight was supposed to leave yesterday evening.  Then we changed our flight to today, but that got cancelled too.  Now we are scheduled to leave early tomorrow morning, assuming the roads are cleared and the planes are back up and running.  In the meantime, we’ve seen a lot of snow.

Slide after most of the snow

Winter Storm Nemo arrived yesterday morning quietly.  Grandpa and the kids went out and played in the gently falling snow.  The kids played on the playground in the backyard, sliding down a slick slide and landing softly on the snow. But as the day progressed the snow came harder and harder.  It was around lunch time that we found out our second flight had been cancelled, and about that time we started shoveling the driveway.  By evening snow was falling hard.  At about 10pm, when all the kids were asleep, all the adults went out to shovel the driveway for the third time, but as we walked back inside we left footprints in a fresh half inch that had fallen while we worked.

Kids wait to go out and play

We woke up to a winter wonderland.  The slide the kids had slid down yesterday now had 2 feet of snow on it.  We trudged out to clear the driveway.  Between four people working for two hours, throwing snow over our heads we managed to clear the driveway.  (Good thing it’s not a very long driveway!)

A hot shower and one nap later, we’re having some lunch and getting ready to go out again with the kids to build some snow forts, make snow angels, throw snowballs and get in enough snow for the next three years (we shouldn’t see much on the islands).

Update:  While writing this blog we received a new email.  Our flights been cancelled again.  We’re on the phone with the airline and now it looks like we’ll be leaving Monday evening.  It means we’ll miss most of the conference in Kenya, but still arrive in time to see some of our friends.  In the meantime, I guess we’ll go out and play in the snow.  What else can we do?

Delays mean more time with grandparents

PRAYERS ANSWERED
On the bright side of things, we finished packing our bags yesterday.  Everything is within weight limits and in our bags and as bag packing goes it wasn’t too stressful. Thanks for your prayers.  Megan’s back has been feeling better too.  And despite all this snow, we managed to clear the driveways, didn’t lose power and have extra time with family.

PRAYERS REQUESTED
Pray that this time we would really be able to get on an airplane and go to Africa.  Pray for our kids and us as we adjust to our departure being pushed back again and again and again.  Pray that the logistics would work out okay when we arrive in Africa- getting late transport to the conference, etc.  They have been very gracious in dealing with all our changes.