TG4C

Thank god for caffeine, which helped me, yesterday, drive the two hours to La Crosse, WIsconsin (7:15 pm - 9:15 pm); see a decent superhero movie with two great friends (who paid for my ticket!) (9:15 pm - 11:30 pm); enjoy some halfway lucid hanging out afterwards at a Perkins in La Crosse (they paid for my pie and carafe of coffee!) (11:30 pm - 12:40 am); safely hightail it back home (12:50 am - 3:00 am); and now make it through a pretty darn nice Sunday (6:45 am - present). I don't want to duplicate this experience anytime soon - not least because Shannon had to put up with a very recalcitrant toddler and then got no sleep while I was gone - but it's been worth it.


(Addendum: In the 126 miles and two hours of driving between La Crosse and Northfield - mostly along I-90 and US 52 - I encountered exactly one car, an Olmsted County sheriff's cruiser just north of Rochester. It was unbelievable to drive so far without passing or being passed.)


Forecast: Significant blowing and drifting, with the possibility of heavy accumulation in rural areas.