Back home! Got in Thursday - dropped Dad off at his conference in downtown Denver, amidst road construction and rush hour traffic on narrow downtown streets. Then got on I-25 and made my way home. Traffic lightened up considerably after Castle Rock, got heavy again close to Colorado Springs, lightened again coming in to Woodland Park.
It was a rough trip. Dad still has some pain and some healing issues on his knee. We drove across Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, and eastern Colorado during the time when wave after wave of tornadic storms were going west through the country. We were on the road headed toward Missouri when the devastating tornado hit Joplin. Dad called me into his room to show me the weather and ask if we really wanted to do this.
I prayed a lot during the trip. Prayed for guidance, prayed for protection, prayed for strength, prayed for patience and love. Every night and morning I checked the weather radar and weather predictions, and every night and morning I saw on the coming day that the storms were dissipating right before we would get to a place, and forming up again right after we would be out of the area. So we would hit the road.
We had unbelievable rain, where we would have to pull off the road because I literally could not see the road - couldn't see the hood of the car sometimes. We had strong winds, sometimes steady and sometimes gusty, coming in unpredictable blasts from different directions. But we didn't have tornados, we didn't hydroplane off the road or get blown off an overpass. We made it in to a hotel each night safe and sound. And when I would look at the radar that night, I would see that we got the least of the weather going through.
We were protected.
So, I've been home a few days. SO glad to be home. The cats are getting used to Punkin again. I go hug Loren every time he gets in reach. Putting the house back in order, getting ready for Dad's visit after his conference, which is going well. He sounds good.
Thank you, God!
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