Tuesday, December 6, 2011

On the Road Again

 After a very long hiatus, we fired up "The Bus" to head South for warmer weather this winter. We have spent the last several years in South Texas along the Rio Grande and felt we would like to explore a different area. So we selected Tucson, Arizona, and the Southwest.

The weather was pleasant when we left Kansas and we enjoyed nice weather for the first couple of days. But then in the Midland, Texas, area, we ran into a few snow flurries and decided to stop for the night. However, the weather was clear the next day, so we continued our journey. When we approached El Paso, Texas, along the Mexican border, snow flurries appeared again . . .


. . .  and by the time we reached Las Cruces, New Mexico, the snow was beginning to stick to the roadway. We stopped for the night at an RV Park in Las Cruces, but the temperature was in the low 20's so we could not connect to water, only power and cable.



During the night, we had more snow and we learned Interstate 10 had been closed all across the state of New Mexico. Although the temperature remained in the 20's the next day, the sun came out and provided us with some beautiful scenery.

But since the Interstate was closed, we enjoyed a relaxing day reading and sipping Bloody Marys.



Tomorrow the Interstate should be clear and we can get back "On the Road Again".

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