[TaxRelief]

This is as far as we've gotten so far!

It was just fine until we hit a blizzard wall and the roads started getting too icy to travel on. Considering that it is only 18 degrees outside, it should have been fine, but these moronic highway departments put a sand/brine mixture down that turned perfectly good snow into ice.

How was everyone's CPAC experience?

[cripplecreek]

ive been watching the storm creep closer on the weatherbug since late afternoon. its about ten miles south of me now and the weather watch goes active about the same time.

[TaxRelief]

How was CPAC? (and the journey home?)

[Verginius Rufus]

My CPAC experience was limited to seeing Bill Frist's excellent speech (and Art Linkletter's delightful introduction of him) on C-SPAN. Nice not to have two 'Rat events on simultaneously (C-SPAN and C-SPAN2) for a change!

[gieriscm]

My trip home was just fine... but I live in NoVA so I just hopped on the metro. :)

Seriously, I pray everyone gets home safely. Much of the country will see some really severe winter weather for the next day or so.

[SICSEMPERTYRANNUS]

Checkin in. Went home Sat...but I only live 15 mins away.

[Entropy Squared]

Hey, TaxRelief. Connie and I got back home to Canada about ten minutes ago. Clear roads all the way and a great time left behind in Washington, D.C.

[nutmeg]

Hi, TaxRelief! It was so nice to meet both of you at CPAC.

We are home in Connecticut safe and sound, and haven't seen any snow YET. Fortunately we made it out of the DC area in plenty of time (heard the snow started there around 5 or 6pm?). We even had time to stop for a couple of hours at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (and recruited a new FReeper there!) on the way home.

I just found your thread a few minutes ago... I already posted my CPAC experiences here: LIVE FROM CPAC!

I sincerely hope we see you at another FR event sometime soon. In the meantime... um... we'll keep the conversation away from the Super Bowl*, I guess! :-)

nutmeg & zelig

*Go Pats!

[Cicero]

It's 18 below up here in Vermont. I just went to pick up one of my kids and was pleasantly surprised that the car started (I forgot to plug it in).

[Dan from Michigan]

I got REAL lucky.

I missed the storms on my 8 1/2-9 hour drive back. It was just cold. I saw someone spin out on one of the mtn curves about 200 yards in front of me on the PA turnpike. That was scary.

[Nick Danger]

I see we are going to get 7 inches of snow tonight. You folks got out of town just in time :)

Did Connie & Entropy² take their cold weather back to Canada with them?

[CommandoFrank]

Did everyone make it home OK

Isn't that the same thing as asking "If your not present, speak up!"

[RightWhale]

< CPAC >

It's been -10 average for a couple months, down to -45 and up to maybe zero. Not a lot of snow but more than last year. Nearly normal, actually. Sky has been clear last night for the Opportunity landing and tonight. Good aurora last night, swirling curtains and bright enough to reflect off the snow. People are driving around almost as crazy as in the summer.

< /CPAC >

[Badray]

Home safe and sound since 3:00. Easy trip and no snow.

It was a pleasure meeting you and your husband.I hope that you enjoyed your birthday as much as we enjoyed singing to you.

Conspiratoristo checked in earlier. He got home around 6PM.

[diotima]

Bob J and I just got home....whew, what a trip!

More to come tomorrow...

[EternalVigilance]

I heard the weather reports of snow and ice moving in from VA to SC, so I skedaddled south on 95 down to Jacksonville, FL. Got there about 2am. Slept five hours, and then took a balmy drive through 75 degree weather west through FL and the Gulf coast. Got into Texas about 7 tonight and am spending the night in Beaumont.

:-)

[RikaStrom]

Morning TaxRelief.

I made it home safe and sound and had the added bonus of George Bush 41 and Barbara Bush on my plane. :-)

[Gabz]

Just found this thread............

Got home at 5:30 yesterday, an hour before the snow started.

So sorry to hear you guys got stranded, good luck in getting home.

What fun and what great people!!!!!

[mware]

Not only did I make it home before the storm, but I also have a snow day today.

I can catch up on my sleep.

[Spyder]

Didn't attend CPAC, but we had a really weird weather experience yesterday (for Hawaii).

I spent about 32 years in tornado alley and never saw a funnel cloud (though I hid through a few warnings). I get to Hawaii, which hardly ever even has thunderstorms and we get this about a mile from our home.

[MinuteGal]

FRiends, let the good conservative times roll on by signing up for the FReeps Ahoy 3 Caribbean cruise in May. Freepers are the funnest peeples to be with as you just experienced at CPAC!

Leni