After extracting ourselves from responsibilities at home and work, Karla and I left for Colorado Springs on April 10. What a beautiful day the Lord gave us -- here in Kansas! We got to Colby, ate a quick lunch and visited with some folks there. They said, "Yep, the storm has made it to Goodland." What storm? I had checked the weather but didn't see anything about a storm. Sure enough, when we approached Goodland it started to mist, then rain, then sleet and ... eventually snow. I-70 remained open and we actually did fine until we were about 15 miles from Limon, CO. Then it really got bad -- high winds, blowing snow, near "white out" conditions. Then it let us a bit as we approached Limon. I about froze putting gasoline in the car. The wind had really picked up. A driver who had just come from Colorado Springs said it took him 2 hours to get to Limon from Springs. I thought, hmmm, should we or shouldn't we? It looked like it was letting up a bit.
Well, off we went, south to Colorado Springs. The weather worsened. The wind increased even more. It was truly "white out" (and white knuckle) conditions! Numerous times we slowed to a crawl of 20 mph. On one occasion we did indeed lose control, as the car in front slowed way down and I was trying to slow and stop. We weaved back and forth, back and forth and nearly went in the ditch.
Karla called Michelle and another friend and asked for prayer. Again, miraculously, in about 10-15 minutes, it let up and we had clear sailing into Colorado Springs!
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