Up and at them but thankfully still 55 degrees so no ice and sleet this morning.    Got to put a lot of miles on the truck today so hopefully our troubles are behind us.   No leaking in the axle so off we go.

Pretty good going until western Kentucky then hit snow and ice.  Roads are okay right now. Salt Trucks and snow plows are out which is good.  Doesn’t seem to slick when we stop.   Pretty slow going but at least we are going.   Radar shows it stops outside St. Louis which is just a couple of hours away.    There were a lot of trucks and cars on the side of the road and in the median but we got through fine.  Probably helps we are loaded.

The windshield got so frozen up at one point that Greg had to pull off and de-ice it.   We tried to stop at a rest area on the highway but it was completely full.   Cars and trucks had even pulled up all the back to the highway trying to get in.   So, he had to pull up off the road past the rest area to do it.   As mentioned, the ice trucks and snow plows were out and I looked out the window to check on Greg and saw this snow plow coming down the highway throwing snow off the road in about 6 foot high waves.   I saw Greg coming around the drivers side of the truck and started yelling – MOVE!   Just as he saw the snow plow coming as well.   He managed to get to the other side of the truck before he got snowed under.   That would have been awful.   I dont know if he would have ever gotten warm after that.    He has already cried the whole way since leaving Florida.   LOL   It was 80 degrees when we left.   ha ha.

Got to Missouri and it was like the faucet was turned off.  No more snow and the roads were clear.    Made it to the Pilot in Pendelton, Missouri, outside of St. Louis for the night. Got 600 miles to go tomorrow.

Greg is already in the bed so he wont have any comments on the blog tonight.

Goodnight, y’all.   Keep warm!

Cool car parked beside us at rest area.

This is the tire that had the leaking axle.

Wreck not far up the road.

We couldnt see out of the windshield so Greg had to get out and de-ice the window.