On the Road

Hello,

Christmas day found us on the road, not with a crowd, but not alone either. There was some fog and some bits of snow and slush on the road, but not much as long as we headed east. Heading north the road was at first not as clear as we would like, but when we turned onto a smaller road all improved.

In about 20 miles however, we started following a snow plow that was cleaning up the edge and putting on salt or sand or some such. Then it was much slower going on this hilly, windy road. Often we got down to 5 mph. At the first chance Leroy slowly and carefully passed this wonderful helper who was out working on a holiday just for me and others like me. As soon as we crossed the county line the road was again clear.

With all of the help we managed to get to the airport rather early. Many cars in the long term parking area had about six inches of snow on their roofs. The Moline airport is quite small so it was no deal to find our way around. It seems to be a well thought out building with some amenities especially for the electronic using passenger.

Our flight to Chicago was quick as the flight attendant said, “Just 27 minutes from wheels up to wheels down.” In the Chicago airport we had to walk for at least 15 to 20 minutes to get to the next plane. Somehow I had thought they would be closer together since they were the same airline. No trouble to walk that long especially since we had not had our morning walk. The flight was on time and it was a short two hours before we landed in DC.

Again I am so grateful for all of the people who worked on Christmas day so I could see my family. I could have waited another day, but this was great. Would it have been more than 100 people that made this possible? I think so.

Paula