Ice Storm 2011

The Galveston Resort seminar took us forever and we got out of there later than we expected. Our drive to Corpus was long and late. We knew that the forecast was stating that we should be receiving ice/sleet, but we honestly didn't think it could be that serious! We got word on our way down about the main bridge being shut down into Corpus because of the ice and had to reroute ourselves. About 45 mins out of Corpus the ice started sticking pretty good on the windshield and the sleet started picking up. We heard on the radio that most of the highways into Corpus were closed and we were on the phone with my mom trying to figure out a way to get around it. After sliding on 2 overpasses and turning sideways on a 3rd, we decided it was time to STOP and not continue driving. This was very serious and we wanted out of it! Especially when you have precious cargo on board! We felt pretty blessed when we came over that last overpass and all that was in sight was 2 hotels and 1 shell station.

This was our first stay in a hotel with Bridger and it was interesting. Bridger has always gone to sleep in his own bed and alone. So getting him to sleep with us in a bed was hard but we conquered! He loved being able to crawl around the entire room and kept wandering back to the restroom door. Bridger loves door and swings them open and close over and over again! I'm glad that it wasn't a long night fighting with a 8 month old to go to sleep. =) The next morning we woke up to numerous wrecked vehicles in the parking lot and a packed hotel. In just 5 hours there were over 100 wrecks. Ice covered everything so we waited around until check out time to give the ice some time to melt. All the highways were still closed so we had to take back roads and finally ended up getting to Corpus at noon on friday! What a chore and what crazy night. We are so glad that we were safe and feel horrible for all of those that were out in the weather.

Bridger hanging out in the hotel room

Ice covered the entire truck.