Day 14.5 – Snow Day

27. March 2009 · Comments Off · Categories: Our Travels

Well, not too much to report today.

Scott and I remained pretty much holed up in the trailer today.  We cleaned it out… again.  I did the laundry.  We watched weather reports.

About 4 we went over to Mudder & Pops, and brought them over to see the trailer.  Then we went to dinner at a very nice restaurant called “My Mother’s Place”.  Very excellent food.  I had seafood that was better than ANYTHING available in Omaha that I’ve yet found.  It was really on a par with seafood I’ve had in Maryland and California.

Tomorrow, as long as there are no overnight changes to the weather, we’ll be leaving Alamogordo about 7:30 a.m.  We plan on driving up I25 into Colorado, then driving across I70 to Salina.  From there we’ll go north on US81 to I80 at York, NE.  We still hope to be home Sunday night!

Day 14 – Stranded!!!!

27. March 2009 · Comments Off · Categories: Our Travels
Well, it looks like we may be home a bit later than planned.
 
New Mexico has been hit by a major winter storm that has closed most of I40 between Albuquerque and the Texas border.  Most of I40 in Texas is also in a very bad condition.  Oklahoma doesn’t look much better.
 
Even the road from Alamogordo up to I40 is only clear for the first 100 miles, then gets VERY bad from there to I40.  I25 north out of Albuquerque in to Colorado is bad, parts closed.  The other route out is pretty much the same story.
 
The only route open is down through El Paso and then over to Ft Worth/Dallas.  But that doesn’t do us any good, as it just puts us in the way of the storm as it moves east.
 
So, we’re staying in Alamogordo at least until tomorrow morning.  We’ll re-evaluate through the day today and again first thing tomorrow morning.  It’s actually quite nice here!  It’s a bit chilly this a.m. (32 degrees) but we expect it to warm up into the 50 – 60s range.  It rained over night, so the air is crystal clear.  There’s light snow on the mountains to the east, but unfortunately, pictures from here aren’t showing it.

View towards Sacramento Mtns to east of RV Park
View towards Sacramento Mtns to east of RV Park

Sacramento Mtns to East - Can't really see the snow, but it does delineate the features.

Sacramento Mtns to East - Can't really see the snow, but it does delineate the features.

 

I’m heart broken to be stranded here.  Really.  I mean it.  I’m serious.  Seriously. I can’t lie too well, I guess.