Deb - glad you had a great trip ~ Randy isn't kidding! With the weather we've had since about Dec 15, he's not the only one thinking of leaving Newton County! That 15 inches of snow we had hasn't melted yet. Got iced over, plus more ice on the almost cleared roads. I just got done with a mail route that normally takes 4.5-5 hours to drive. Today it was 6.5 hours, chains on tires, 500# of sacked sand in the bed. Had to skip 65 inaccessible mailboxes, saw the ditch up close & personal twice & did an unwilling u-turn on a road that shoved me up against a dirt bank that I thought I was never going to get backed away from (no traction on the ice). Much ice-chipping, sand & ice melt later, I retreated down that road. Unfortunately, sometimes even as it melts, it makes it worse as it refreezes during the night. What was good yesterday might be a different story today. In many years, we've not had weather like this. Usually, the roads might get nasty for a couple of days, then it warms up & melts it all. But I do remember a year - when was it - in the 80's that on Xmas eve it was 57 below with the wind chill. Normally, a 4 wheel drive isn't necessary except very few days. Well, Y'all come! ----- Original Message ----- From: Linda Simmons <genfreak@jps.net> To: <MONEWTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 2:04 PM Subject: RE: [MONEWTON] Home from Newton County > It's a beautiful place to visit! I've never been there in the winter - but > the humidity and ticks got to me other times of the year. BUT, I'm always > ready to go again! > > Linda > Auburn, CA > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Randy and Karen Scott [mailto:randykar@ipa.net] > Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 11:34 AM > To: MONEWTON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [MONEWTON] Home from Newton County > > > Deb, > Are you really sure about that move part? I'm not sure but that I might just > trade places with you!! > Randy > > Randy & Karen (Bit by the genealogy bug!!) > Researching the surnames of SCOTT, WATSON, ALDERMAN, TAYLOR, ENGEL and > KIRKENDOLL > http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/c/o/Randall-D-Scott/ > > > ==== MONEWTON Mailing List ==== > Newton County, Missouri MOGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~monewton/newton.html > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > > > > ==== MONEWTON Mailing List ==== > Newton County, Missouri MOGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~monewton/newton.html > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog

Joy What a time for us to plan to move back there, but we plan on leaving here in CA second week of JAN. And we had sunshine today and iIdid not have to wear my coat. I had a long sleeve blouse on. But at night it gets very cold with lots of ice of a morning. Evelyn From: Joy Hobbs <beatsme@netins.net> To: <MONEWTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 6:04 PM Subject: Re: [MONEWTON] Home from Newton County > Deb - glad you had a great trip ~ > Randy isn't kidding! With the weather we've had since about Dec 15, he's > not the only one thinking of leaving Newton County! > That 15 inches of snow we had hasn't melted yet. Got iced over, plus more > ice on the almost cleared roads. > I just got done with a mail route that normally takes 4.5-5 hours to drive. > Today it was 6.5 hours, chains on tires, 500# of sacked sand in the bed. > Had to skip 65 inaccessible mailboxes, saw the ditch up close & personal > twice & did an unwilling u-turn on a road that shoved me up against a dirt > bank that I thought I was never going to get backed away from (no traction > on the ice). Much ice-chipping, sand & ice melt later, I retreated down > that road. > Unfortunately, sometimes even as it melts, it makes it worse as it refreezes > during the night. What was good yesterday might be a different story today. > In many years, we've not had weather like this. Usually, the roads might > get nasty for a couple of days, then it warms up & melts it all. > But I do remember a year - when was it - in the 80's that on Xmas eve it was > 57 below with the wind chill. > Normally, a 4 wheel drive isn't necessary except very few days. > Well, Y'all come! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Linda Simmons <genfreak@jps.net> > To: <MONEWTON-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 2:04 PM > Subject: RE: [MONEWTON] Home from Newton County > > > > It's a beautiful place to visit! I've never been there in the winter - > but > > the humidity and ticks got to me other times of the year. BUT, I'm always > > ready to go again! > > > > Linda > > Auburn, CA > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Randy and Karen Scott [mailto:randykar@ipa.net] > > Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 11:34 AM > > To: MONEWTON-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [MONEWTON] Home from Newton County > > > > > > Deb, > > Are you really sure about that move part? I'm not sure but that I might > just > > trade places with you!! > > Randy > > > > Randy & Karen (Bit by the genealogy bug!!) > > Researching the surnames of SCOTT, WATSON, ALDERMAN, TAYLOR, ENGEL and > > KIRKENDOLL > > http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/c/o/Randall-D-Scott/ > > > > > > ==== MONEWTON Mailing List ==== > > Newton County, Missouri MOGenWeb > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~monewton/newton.html > > > > ============================== > > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > > > > > > > > ==== MONEWTON Mailing List ==== > > Newton County, Missouri MOGenWeb > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~monewton/newton.html > > > > ============================== > > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > > your heritage! > > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > > > ==== MONEWTON Mailing List ==== > Newton County, Missouri MOGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~monewton/newton.html > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library >