Ice Storm!

We arrived Friday night to Grammy and Grampys in Albany only to find ourselves in the midst of a major ice storm.  No power, no heat, limbs down, ice covering everything!  We found an open pizza place for dinner and pondered what to do next...the house was a frigid 45 degrees! We decided our best bet was going to Grandpa's cousin's house.  The only problem was the storm took out their phone line!  

We drove 40 minutes through what looked like ghost towns and showed up at their door unannounced.  Being the wonderful people that they are, they gladly took in 4 people and a baby.  After visiting for a bit, all the while laughing about the oddity of the situation, we finally crashed on the living room floor, warmed by the wood stove in the basement and the fireplace next to us.  We spent a majority of Saturday there too.  Matt and Grampy went looking for a generator, and were finally successful.  They worked all afternoon on getting it set up.  We met back at the house where Teagan's Great Grandpa and Grandma from CT were waiting for us around 3:30.  After only a few minutes of sitting in the car (because the generator still wasn't fired up) we decided to see if any restaurants were open (with heat! and warm food!  and bathrooms with flushable toilets and hand washing facilities!) 

After driving from restaurant to restaurant, we finally found one that was open - a Ruby Tuesday's.  We found a cozy booth and ordered some hot food and hot drinks.  Teagan played and we ate slowly, awaiting news that the heat was working.  Finally at 6 pm, the generator/heat were fired up and we headed home.  We snuggled extra close because it was still chilly as it came up to temperature. Below are some pictures of our adventure:

Fallen branches and ice-covered trees

Teagan playing with cousin Leah

Staying warm at Ruby Tuesday's