traveling conditions...

... were less than optimal yesterday.  With limited visibility, blowing, drifting snow, as well as strong and gusting wind, our normal 7 1/2 hour drive from Grand Rapids back to St. Louis became an 11 1/2 hour trip.  The most bizarre thing was that the farther south we went the colder it got with the lowest being 8 (that's about -13 for those of you reading in New Zealand and enjoying a warm summer).