Marcia's Iowa Trip

Marcia decided to go to Iowa for a week. Unfortunately, the weather didn't want to cooperate. She made her first flight to Salt Lake City Friday night, but the second flight to Des Moines was cancelled. They were able to get her on another flight that routed through Minneapolis and then to Des Moines. She made it there fine, but her luggage didn't. It was Monday afternoon before it arrived.

Marcia stayed with Matt and Lori at Matt's parents house. They were snowed in most of the weekend, but were able to make it to Ottumwa to visit her grandparents on Monday. First is a picture of the snow from their deck near Des Moines followed by a few family photos.







On the way back from Ottumwa, Lori drove Marcia by their new house. Here's a picture of the street nearby.



Marcia then headed to Tama for a couple days to visit my family there. Rachel has been taking dance lessons and put on a show for Marcia.









Matt and his dad helped take Marcia back to the airport on Friday through the nasty weather. Another storm was moving in fast. Marcia waited at the airport for a couple hours before they cancelled her flight. They rescheduled her for a Saturday flight, so she had to catch a shuttle to a nearby hotel and stay another night. The next picture is out her window at the hotel and then a picture of the Pella Bologna that she was bringing back for her dad.





While Marcia was gone, Virgil did a little shopping. I found a used planer listed on Craig's List really cheap and couldn't pass it up. I didn't have any hardwood to test it with, so I showed Marcia how it works by planing down a 2x4 from 1.5 inches thick to 1 inch thick. You can see the shavings that I swept up and the dimensioned board.