All the while, while planning and packing and trying to secure the rental truck, I was thinking if we don't get out of Hays by 11 AM Monday, we will be stuck in Kansas for a few days. Turns out, that little premonition was dead on. Sometimes you really need to listen to that small voice...
Anyway, we got the rental truck (props to U-Haul for having one. Budget, not so much.) at 8:30 and we all worked hard to get the truck loaded and house cleaned by 10:30...We had a couple more errands to run and we were on the highway at 11:15. We were a little behind the storm front, and had to make up some time to get out of it. We drove hard, even with 40 plus MPH cross winds all the way across Kansas. We would only stop long enough for fuel, a potty break and a snack... Quite literally, we would check weather radar and 20 to 30 minutes after we left a spot, that very spot would have ice and snow... It was like this from Hays all the way to Des Moines. We decided that this really must be what it feels like to be chased by the law... it was a relentless 12 hour drive. It really felt like the weather was stalking us... a cold and dangerous pursuer, ready to stop us in our tracks. We were very determined to stay ahead of it and I think it gave us a common goal and it provided us with the motivation and adrenaline to keep going. We were indeed looked after. We had a lot of rain through Kansas, but not one time did we have snow or ice, not once. After arrival, I slept a fitful sleep in my own bed and was never more grateful to do so...
My son-in-law and daughter were driving their cars behind me as I drove the rental truck... They were troopers for sure.
What an amazing couple of days.
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