We left Palestine at 6:30 a.m. on November 29th - the temperature was in the 60s, a little humid, a little breezy, it actually felt balmy! Headed north through the outskirts of Fort Worth, through Witchita Falls, on to Amarillo. It was cold in Amarillo, but the sun was shining. We headed west for New Mexico. Stopped for gas in Tumcumcari, NM, the wind was horrible and it was freezing, but no precipitation. Continued west for about 30 miles and I said to Joel, "this is great, we'll be in Santa Rosa, in the motel by 6 p.m." Ha, Ha!! Right after I said that, it started to snow. We finally got to the room at 1:10 a.m. Texas time. We crawled and sat on Interstate 40 for almost 8 hours. Fortunately, we had a full tank of gas so we were able to stay nice and warm in the car. It is a weird feeling to sit on the freeway surrounded by cars, pickups and 18 wheelers. Met an old man wearing shorts, from Chicago on his way to Sun City, AZ - he was afraid he was going to run out of gas, so wanted to know if we were out there too long if he and his wife could get in our car to stay warm. Met a trucker from Michigan who didn't seem bothered by the cold or the wind as he stood by my window and visited for about 15 minutes. These pictures were taken the next morning - you can see how much ice and slush was on the highway. Fed-Ex had a bad night - this was the first of 5 trucks we saw that were in the median - some with the contents spilling out. A day or two later one of their planes slid off the runway in Chicago when the storm hit there.
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We left Palestine at 6:30 a.m. on November 29th - the temperature was in the 60s, a little humid, a little breezy, it actually felt balmy! Headed north through the outskirts of Fort Worth, through Witchita Falls, on to Amarillo. It was cold in Amarillo, but the sun was shining. We headed west for New Mexico. Stopped for gas in Tumcumcari, NM, the wind was horrible and it was freezing, but no precipitation. Continued west for about 30 miles and I said to Joel, "this is great, we'll be in Santa Rosa, in the motel by 6 p.m." Ha, Ha!! Right after I said that, it started to snow. We finally got to the room at 1:10 a.m. Texas time. We crawled and sat on Interstate 40 for almost 8 hours. Fortunately, we had a full tank of gas so we were able to stay nice and warm in the car. It is a weird feeling to sit on the freeway surrounded by cars, pickups and 18 wheelers. Met an old man wearing shorts, from Chicago on his way to Sun City, AZ - he was afraid he was going to run out of gas, so wanted to know if we were out there too long if he and his wife could get in our car to stay warm. Met a trucker from Michigan who didn't seem bothered by the cold or the wind as he stood by my window and visited for about 15 minutes. These pictures were taken the next morning - you can see how much ice and slush was on the highway. Fed-Ex had a bad night - this was the first of 5 trucks we saw that were in the median - some with the contents spilling out. A day or two later one of their planes slid off the runway in Chicago when the storm hit there.
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