Mother would be flying out later in the day; Lisa would take her to the airport.
We tried to get an early start, but the battery died.
AAA to the rescue.
Finally hit the road around 10am, and ran into rain.
an abrupt transition from dry pavement to pouring rain.
The temperature just kept dropping as we moved through the storm.
Mississippi River.
Rather dark for 6:20pm in the summer.
Much lighter after 7pm, once we drove out of the rain.