Trip to pick up the camper

We plan a weekend in the beginning of March to go and pick up our camper. Our loving parents were willing to watch our kids while we made the long trip in less than 36 hours. The weekend approaches and Ohio is calling for 8-10 inches of snow with times of zero visibility due to high winds. David assured me that Ohio could handle it so we go anyway. We get there late Friday night luckily before most of the storm started and stayed in a hotel where we could hear the wind howling out our window.

When we wake up in the morning we couldn't even see the parking lot of our hotel much less the road we were suppose to drive out on. We grab some breakfast at a McDonalds that was luckily open and head to RV Wholesalers. They were expecting 20 people to come and pick up campers that day, but we were the only ones that were brave enough to show up. That should tell you something about how serious the storm was. Everyone there was anxious to get us through to make sure everything looked okay. As we were signing paperwork they were calling for a code 3 where they shut down all the roads and highways. We hook up and head out, but now carrying the big 5th wheel we need to drive slow. The road wasn't even visible (as you see by the picture), but we were about the only ones out there so we didn't have to worry about running into much. At least we had somewhere to sleep if we got stranded :) Finally pass Columbus which has shut down for the day, but luckily find somewhere to eat a quick lunch. We now have to look for places with big parking lots in order to park both the truck and the camper. Cracker Barrels will soon become our best friend or so I've heard. When we stop there is at least a half a foot of snow on the ground and without realizing it David drops his cell phone as he gets out of the truck. We get back from lunch and there is a note on our window to come to the drugstore to pick up his phone. He talks to the drugstore guy and apparently someone was walking by as his phone was ringing and they answer it. David's friend who was calling was smart enough to realize it wasn't Dave and told the person who answered it to take it to an open store and leave a note on the truck that its there for him to pick it up. We never would have found it if all that hadn't happened and there wasn't even that many people out that day. We were one of maybe 3 cars in the parking lot.

We keep driving about 35 miles per hour and the weather didn't stop until we were out of West Virginia. The 8-10 hour trip took about 14-16 hours.

Thank goodness we didn't have the kids or all of us would have been bald by the time we got home. I put up the picture of our new camper too. Oh and Ohio pretty much had a blizzard leaving 21 inches of snow which set a record for them.