DISQUS

Betty Wolfe · 1 year ago

We stayed at the Trails End Motel in Piquah, OH, actually, and we had to buy boots for both of you. I missed my TV debut--I'd recorded an interview for East Michigan Environmental Action Council that aired while we were at the motel. The snow started in PA, just east of Pittsburgh, and when traffic came to a crawl on the Ohio Turnpike, we headed off cross country. We spent hours and hours trying to find a road that would take us north. Extremely scary. One time I had to back up a long hill because when we got to a bridge at the bottom there were a couple of cars jacknifed across the road. One of our fellow stranded travelers in Piquah was a "spotter" for a trucking company. He would drive his semi out towards the interstates, get up on top of the cab with binoculars, and try to see where traffic was moving. I can't remember for sure, but I guess the "CB" radio craze hadn't yet hit, so people didn't have a way to communicate. The electricy was out all over that part of Ohio. Glad you were appropriately traumatized!

Your faithful driver, Mom

Carol · 1 year ago

... and I agree with you regarding the cold winter downpour - Yuck!