Slow Going

Yesterday Bob and I traveled down I55 from Chicago to St. Louis and then west across Missouri to Joplin. Central Illinois was covered in 3 inches of heavy snow plus a base of slush and blowing snow in the air causing near white outs.

We spent over an hour crawling along at 40 and 45 miles per hour. Others on the road, most of whom were returning home after the Thanksgiving holiday, were not all careful. We watched one SUV loose it in the left lane, spinning out into the median and nearly across to the north bound traffic but turned and came back across nearly into the lane he left. Thankfully he was able to stop.

There were at least 10 vehicles in ditches but there appeared to be no physical injuries so we traveled on.

I got to thinking about our savings approach. Slow going for now. We continue to put aside some each month but I know with rates so very low, it will be a very slow arduous road to our goals. However, we see no need to speed up with risky investments or loose control by not saving some $.

Slow and steady - the race is on.

'til later