Forward progress

This morning after about 5 hours of sleep we made it out on the road. I was very excited this morning to see that the storm had not yet started. When we left this morning around 9:30 it was snowing very lightly. We made it out ahead of the storm and didn't hit any significant snowfall. We did however experience some wind. The canoe came loose due to 40 mph + sustained and gusting winds. Three times we stopped just to retie the boat, and it was cold and windy... (John here - cold & windy was an understatement. You had to hold on to something while tying or you'd been blown off the trailer)(oh, & Michelle didn't mention those were 40mph cross winds. Imagine putting a canoe on your car cross ways then trying to drive down the road at 40! Not very aerodynamic!)

even this plus bow and stern lines only got us about 100 miles before having to stop and tighten.

We also stopped once so I could tape Johno in the truck. The door has a air leak that made a lot of noise with all the wind. Just a few times over with the packing tape fixed it up for him pretty good.

(my wife gettin' it done. As always!) The tape was not on a dispenser so I needed a knife to cut it.. But I also needed my hands so apply it. . .

All told it was 10 hours traveling today. Odin was asleep almost instantly when he got into bed.
I feel very lucky that the storm did not track as expected. And we both feel so fortunate to have such great family friends and neighbors helping us out yesterday (and in in the wee hours of the morn) so we could get on the road. (yes, I can't stress this enough . . . Thank YOU! We could not have pulled it off with out all of your help)