Whew, what a holiday weekend. It was great, but one who lives in the south shouldn't be going north in the winter. That should be a rule of thumb. Unfortunately, my thumbs must not be too smart. We woke up from our motel room in Streator, Illinois Sunday morning to about 2 - 3 inches of unpredicted, heavy wet snow. We had to drive in it for a couple hours, until we were about to Decatur. Then the snow and the roads cleared up for good. When we got down here, it was rain. We were glad to get home, although we did enjoy the trip and the time with our families.

I have a lot of things to catch up on, which I hope to do in the next few days - photos and the like - from our trip. Also, there's lots of political news to get caught up on also. Don't worry, I'm going to be filling the space with thoughts and photos. Hope y'all had a great weekend.