As you know from my last trip to Iowa, I had an ice storm the one day which wiped out my customer appointments and eagle shooting for that day. I rescheduled by customer appointments for Feb 10-11.
My son, Jared (and MPEG member) is traveling with me this time.
The original plan was to leave Cleveland, Tuesday, Feb 9 around 6:00 am for Iowa. We would arrive around 1:00 pm, shoot some eagles, go to dinner and then Jared is treating me to a Gov't Mule concert Tuesday night in Davenport, IA. Ever heard of Gov't Mule? Could this concert be more exciting than shooting eagles?
Anyway, the NEW midwest snow storm changed our plans. I debated whether to even make the trip....but after some analysis of weather along the way, I decided that we should leave Cleveland today no later than 4:30pm EST and get to Joliet, IL by 9pm CST before the snow hits here. From Joliet, we are only two hours away from Le Claire, IA.....
We left Cleveland at 4:13pm EST and arrived in Joliet, IL at 8:57pm CST and not a snowflake to be seen... We then headed to a late dinner and while at dinner, it started to snow around 9:15 pm CST.... and still snowing!...........
We are expected to have at least 6 inches of snow by morning here in Joliet. Jared and I are placing our faith in the (Illinois) IDOT and (Iowa) IDOT in keeping I-80 very drivable so we can head out for Le Claire no later than noon and arrive between 2-3pm CST Tuesday. I should get a few hours of eagle shooting in provided it is not snowing when we arrive. The weather for Wednesday and Thursday looks good (partly cloudy)!
If we had waited to leave Cleveland Tuesday am, it would have been a very long and messy/snowy drive from Cleveland to Le Claire!
Stay tuned!
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I knew you would find a way between the snow flakes. Good luck, hope they keep the roads clear for you. Will be following your blog.
ReplyDeleteNo school today. It is snowing here. Just started about two hours ago. it is coming down good. Big flakes. Have fun and happy shooting. I am in for the day.
Nice stuff, glad I ran across it. I am heading to IL to visit my daughter in college this coming weekend and plan to stop in LeClaire and Burlington to look for some eagles. Have shot a lot of them here in MN, down Red Wing/Wabasha area, but never in IA. Was going down a couple of weeks ago, but the ice storm kept me home too.
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