The Trip to Jackson, Part 4: Getting Back to BG in a Flood

*The final post highlighting the events of this past weekend, and boy, it was one crazy weekend!

Sunday's Highlights:

• Left Jackson at 11:10 a.m. to head back to BG
• Saw detour signs because of horrible flooding
• Decided to take detour route sooner to bypass all the traffic
• Drove for a while
• Figured we had traveled past the detour area and headed to Interstate
• Reached the Dickson exit and saw all traffic stopped
• Stopped at a Shell station to figure out where we were going to go and to take a break for a few minutes
• Came up with a plan to head south and try to make it past the Cumberland River
• Saw an entire shopping center under water
• Almost had a nervous breakdown from hectic traveling and a baby that had been crying for over an hour
  
• Made our way back to a different Interstate exit and was directed to a different Shell station at the Kingston Springs exit
• Discovered we could not get back to BG and were told to camp out at the Shell station for at least a day and a half
• Developed a possible alternate route and exchanged numbers with some fellow stranded folks
• Received a call from fellow stranded folks saying they made it north
• Figured we should give it a shot
• Saw lots of homes flooded
  
• Drove and drove and drove and finally crossed over the Harpeth River and Cumberland River before it was completely covered with water (yay!)
• Ran into another road closure but was able to take another alternate route
• Drove some more
• Reached I-65 which put us about 30 minutes from home
• Pulled into the driveway 9 and 1/2 hours after leaving Jackson

The End