I'm setting here in my warm house looking outside at the ground. There's a small dusting of snow on the ground and they are predicting 3 to 4 inches by tomorrow. Now normally this would be a good thing. You see, I love winter time. I guess I'm still a kid at heart; I like to get outside in the white stuff and just plain play. But tonight, it's a different matter. Tomorrow we leave for North Dakota, and as luck has it the first snow of the season is on the day we will be traveling.

Our daughter, the youngest of our brood, graduates from college on Friday and we're making the 12+ hour drive up to watch this great accomplishment. What was going to be a fun trip has now changed to worry about road conditions.

So, a little emergency planning and a small change in plans is in order. We'll be leaving around noon tomorrow and taking it a little slower getting up there. We had planned on leaving after my wife gets off work and driving for a couple of hours to make the trip a little less stressful.

I'll post again when we get home and let you know how the trip went. Until then, take care and be safe.