Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Delay in Texas


Surprise today. Woke to 25 degrees and headed east at 8:20.
There was a skiff of powdery snow on the side of the road. Got 43 miles to Sonora and by then it was heavier and icing over. Starting to look ugly. We found that I 10 East was closed, so we had to backtrack to the campground and here we are for the day and just 1 night, we hope.
The truck stop is full, the hotel rooms are sold out, the town has opened the community hall to stranded travellers, and about 70 big rigs are parked in the motel parking lot. There is a huge storm going through the middle of Texas and we're smack in the middle of it. No wheels turning around here today. Here we are stopped behind the stop sign.

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