Friday - 12 Feb/16

Breakfast and on the road by 6:30 a.m. again today.

We were glad to be on our way as a storm would be coming through later in the day. (We found out later that I-95 was closed later due to a 40 vehicle pile up in a whiteout.) We are glad we decided to go all the way to Fredericksburg the first day.

Our route from Fredericksburg was through Warrenton, Va then on I-66 West to I-81 North which we followed all the way to Canada. All was clear (roads only - the sky was cloudy) until Watertown, NY. Highway signs from Syracuse, NY to Watertown warned of  "Lake Effect Snow and Whiteouts possible until Saturday at 7 a.m."

All was fine until Watertown when it started to snow heavily with the occasional whiteout. I had hoped it would get better once we crossed the St. Lawrence River into Canada. It just got worse.

Hwy 401 Westbound was closed and Eastbound was only moving a 30 kmph (less than 20 mph). We followed a bus in the slow lane. It, like us,  had it's 4-way flashers on. It took us more than 3 times the normal travel time for this section to make it home. We arrived safely at 6:06 p.m. Happy to be home safely.