Dashing through the Snow on a 757!

Can we say "De-Iceing"? The Minneapolis Airport has it down to a real system. After you leave the gate, all the planes go to a de-icing station... they do three at a time. All the while, the snow plows keep working the runways. Our flight was delayed due to the inbound flight, we then had to wait at the de-icing place, so we were about an 1 1/2 hours late landingin Tacoma. Then another ONE hour for a luggage... geesh... but we were safe...

The drive home was tense. Freeways had cars but there was compact snow on the roads. Once we got past the Tacoma Dome, there was a car right in front of us that did a 180 and was now facing us. Jer had to do some manuevering so that we stayed out of it. Fortunately, no one got hurt and Jer could see in his rear mirror the car got turned around and non of the upcoming traffic ran into him. We got home at 8... and boy, it was nice to be home (oh yeah, to more snow)!