Life Just got home (STL) from Indy after a 10 hour drive - Page 2

Fritz88 · 01-06-2014, 11:14 PM

Before the game, one Colts fan shouted at us "Prepare to lose, it's going to be a loooong ride home". And a long ride it was.

I drove to Indy on Saturday morning, thought I'd watch the game and maybe bail at night. I was too tired to drive on Saturday night and decided to go later on Sunday. I said to myself that it can't be too bad. It's only a 4 hour drive!

Then the blizzard happened.

I had to book an additional night.

Monday came, and I had had enough. I have a doctor's appointment. I needed to leave. I checked out the hotel when waves of people were checking in. All thought I was crazy to be driving in that weather.

It was the most stressful drive I have had in my life.

Remember the Fangorn Forest in TLOTR?

It was like that. Driving on I70 west was horrifying. So many flipped and crashed cars. You knew going in that it was going to be bad. But I never thought I'd be driving less than 30 mph for almost the entire trip!!

I am glad I made it safe. The game was fun. The Chiefs were fun to watch. This was probably my last game ever to watch for the Chiefs in person. I am going home this summer and it's very unlikely I'll be coming back to watch a game.

Mosbonian · 01-07-2014, 06:54 AM

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Originally Posted by EdmontonChiefsFan

We went to Cincy after the Chiefs game. The roads were really sketchy but we made it back to Indy. Now we are stuck here and might not make it home to Canada for several days. My wife is stressed out and she needs to make it back so she can run our company payroll.

I thought it would be great for her to experience an NFL weekend with the boys and now she says "I will never go away on a Football trip again". What an epic fail.

Hopefully we make it home on Thurs/Fri

Hopefully you are staying downtown....

**RockChalk** · 01-07-2014, 08:55 AM

Drove back from StL on Sunday. We left around 11am and averaged around 55mph until we got about 40 miles outside of Columbia. That's when the shitty Hyundia Tuscon rental we had decided to blow it's transmission. We were able to manually shift it into gear, but couldn't get it above 2K RPMs or above 40mph.

We were lucky that the car even was able to limp in to the Enterprise out at the CoMo airport and even more lucky that they were open. They switched us to a Tahoe and 70 was in pretty good shape once you got west of Columbia.

After the car troubles, took us about 7 hours total to get from StL to KC

01-06-2014, 11:14 PM
Fritz88 Custom User Title Join Date: Nov 2008 Casino cash: $8505943	Just got home (STL) from Indy after a 10 hour drive Before the game, one Colts fan shouted at us "Prepare to lose, it's going to be a loooong ride home". And a long ride it was. I drove to Indy on Saturday morning, thought I'd watch the game and maybe bail at night. I was too tired to drive on Saturday night and decided to go later on Sunday. I said to myself that it can't be too bad. It's only a 4 hour drive! Then the blizzard happened. I had to book an additional night. Monday came, and I had had enough. I have a doctor's appointment. I needed to leave. I checked out the hotel when waves of people were checking in. All thought I was crazy to be driving in that weather. It was the most stressful drive I have had in my life. Remember the Fangorn Forest in TLOTR? It was like that. Driving on I70 west was horrifying. So many flipped and crashed cars. You knew going in that it was going to be bad. But I never thought I'd be driving less than 30 mph for almost the entire trip!! I am glad I made it safe. The game was fun. The Chiefs were fun to watch. This was probably my last game ever to watch for the Chiefs in person. I am going home this summer and it's very unlikely I'll be coming back to watch a game.
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01-07-2014, 08:55 AM	#17
RockChalk Dirty Bit Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Lake of the Woods Casino cash: $1256002	Drove back from StL on Sunday. We left around 11am and averaged around 55mph until we got about 40 miles outside of Columbia. That's when the shitty Hyundia Tuscon rental we had decided to blow it's transmission. We were able to manually shift it into gear, but couldn't get it above 2K RPMs or above 40mph. We were lucky that the car even was able to limp in to the Enterprise out at the CoMo airport and even more lucky that they were open. They switched us to a Tahoe and 70 was in pretty good shape once you got west of Columbia. After the car troubles, took us about 7 hours total to get from StL to KC __________________
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