Arrival in SoIll

So, you’ll have to excuse me for not posting earlier. We arrived in Murphysboro on Thursday night, and we’ve taken a few days to adjust to the still life.

To reflect on our arrival: When we were about 50 miles from St. Louis, we encountered a very long line of vehicles. At least 10 miles of highway in either direction was backed up for a very, very, very long time. Finally, our lane was the first allowed to pass the wreckage ahead. A big semi had flipped and there was salad everywhere!

After we got past that mess, and after we exited for 127, it started pouring rain, flashing lightning and rumbling thunder. We had to go 35mph at times because it was so hard to see. Had I not been so dang eager to get home, I would have pulled over a few times to let some of the worst downpours pass. It was 11pm when we arrive in Murphysboro - still pouring. I unloaded the necessities while getting a “natural shower” from above. The rain died off by the time Matt was collected and ready to leave the vehicle.



Lucy was so excited when she realized where we were. Jack was timid, but quickly became comfortable in the house. Douglas wandered for days. I eventually convinced her to take baths and sit under the mercury vapor lamp. She is just now getting comfortable. Tetra was pretty keen on the idea of sitting still too, and the next few times we put her in the car seat to go somewhere, she totally freaked out. We don’t know if it was because she didn’t want to travel, or it was a different car, or what. We’ll go shopping for groceries at the co-op tonight, so we’ll see how she does.

While here, we’ve worked, done lots of laundry, visited with Mary, and my family, and gone to the Apple Festival Parade! I love parades with lots of bands. This parade seemed shorter that I remember them in the past, but it was still pretty darn fun. We also went to the John A. Logan museum, which was pretty interesting. Apparently, he used to support slavery, but had a change of heart during the civil war.

We have a couple weeks of downtime, then we’re off to Tunica with the family for a car show. We should (hopefully) have visitors in the beginning of October, then again in mid-October. Then it’s time to hit the road again! I have a feeling time will pass pretty fast, but it sure is nice seeing my mom spend time with little T.

Tetra on the super cute blanket gifted to her from Paisley in CO.