The plan was for Morgan to come up to Overland Park and drive out their Friday (2/16/07). The drive takes about 4 hours from OP. Unfortunately, the weather was really bad and the blowing snow was really bad for road visibility. We stayed the night and headed out in the morning after the snowing had quit.
Besides being scared half to death with Megan driving on the slippery roads, we made it safely to their grandmother Judy's (where we usually stay) a little after noon. She lives in Middletown, MO (map). We just kind of hung out and Megan, Morgan, Judy and I played poker later that evening. Morgan won with me in second place :(
Sunday (2/18/07), I got to go ice fishing with Megan's dad. This was the highlight for me and I got all bundled up for it:
Here's another pic of me. Megan's dad has a buddy where we've gone fishing before that has a good sized pond. We went out there and used an auger to reopen some holes that had already been used several days before. I ended up catching about 8 crappie and 7 bluegill. Marty (Megan's dad) caught at least this many if not more. The ice was about 8 inches thick and apparently they quit ice fishing when it gets to about 4 inches. It's a good thing we went last weekend because it warmed up a lot and I think that was the last opportunity to go this year.
We also went to a hospital in Quincy (map) on Sunday to see Megan and Morgan's grandfather. We then played poker again that night and this time I won and Morgan came in second :)
We headed back to OP on Monday. The drive was much smoother because the roads were clear so I didn't have to worry about being on edge the whole time (at least as much as the drive there).
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