Run to the Border!

Saturday, February 9, 2013

Greg woke me early. He said that if we got out of here fast and headed down the state highway southwest to Nogales, we could pick up the interstate from there and head straight north to Tuscon. We could see some snow on the ground south of here, but the forecasters were showing rain in that direction, and clearing in Nogales. It looked like we had a hole in the weather. He checked the terrain and we saw only one town on the road where the elevation looked a little higher, but we figured by the time we got there, the storm would have passed by. We threw on our clothes, grabbed food to eat as we drove, filled our travel mugs, unhooked ,and did it all in a half hour, and drove off. It was starting to rain lightly. As we headed out it started to sleet, then lightly snow, then the snow started to cover the road. The snow came down harder as we drove. Boy, they blew that forecast! We couldn't tell from the radar on the smart phone if we were going to get out of it or if it was going to get worse. We stopped at a wide spot off the road and debated. We were only 10 miles out of town and driving our “house” into bad weather on a road we had never driven on before. We decided to turn around and drive back to town.

Greg declared it a lazy day to watch Netflix, and we signed back in the park. (“Welcome to the Hotel California...you can never leave...”) So, here we sit. We had a few more snow showers, but now the sun is shining brightly, and the snow has all melted. We discovered that we left one weather system in New Mexico that was coming down from Canada, and ran into another system in Arizona that was coming over from the Pacific. Currently we are having strong winds that are shaking the camper, so we are just as happy not to be fighting them as we drive. So... we will sit here, until tomorrow, and try to leave again...