Once the friday party was over the focus quickly switched to New Orleans. Erik, Amber and Hailey dropped by on Saturday morning on the way to the cottage to say goodbye to us. Hailey was very cuddly to her papa E which he realy enjoyed. Thinking of not seeing her for a few months is not a good thing. But seeing the weather forcasts changing rapidly from friday night we packed in a hurry and left home by 2:45pm. We drove with very few stops and got to Sioux City by midnight. Temps rose to plus one and conditions went from light snow at home to ice, slush, and then a steady rain. We slept in a hurry and got back on the road shortly after 6 Sunday morning. Things looked good when we started but about 20 mins. on the freeway the snow hit. Wow can it snow. It felt like flakes the size of cream pies, with a bit of wind . With speeds down to 15km it looked like it could be a long trip. But thankfully after about 45 mins it slowly improved, and by noon we had broken through the ice zone. Things improved greatly and temps rose to +12c by late afternoon.