We got up at 5 AM and finally got on the road at 7 AM. Lots of last minute stuff to do and things to put in the car that couldn't freeze so couldn't go in last night.
It was bitterly cold. The roads were bad to the Iowa border and still not great. We would get behind a plow and no getting around it as the plow created it's own blizzard.
We were not without car problems. In Rochester we started getting a loud steady sound like one of our warning sounds. We finally discovered it was the exhaust blowing back on a sensor and freezing causing the sensor to give the warning. Nothing we could do. We tried stopping and cleaning the sensor but would only help a few minutes, so we just turned on the radio loud and ignored the noise. The second problem was a cold breeze coming from the glove compartment. Some vent didn't shut or something. I was freezing, finally got a sweatshirt to go over my legs but still cold all day.
We finally got to Effingham, Illinois to our motel. We tried a different one this time, a Country Inn. We were disappointed - the shower was just a dribble of water, the bed was hard and squeaked when you move and the heat sounded like a alarm. Won't be staying there again.
At least there was a Cracker Barrow near-by where we could eat dinner.
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