Gallup'ing Home

Another day of travel and we’re almost home!  We left Tulsa this morning with Gallup as our destination.  I think we’re going to make it.  Well, wait a minute, it’s 6:15, we just gassed up and left Albuquerque, Gallup is 118 miles away and we came to a near-screeching halt on I-40 West.  I hope it’s nothing serious.  But it’s red lights as far as we can see.  So, I’ve pulled out the laptop, and decided to get a headstart on my 2^nd to last blog entry.  Haha…the driver of the car in front of us just stepped out of his car, opened the back door, and seconds later we saw the “water” running down hill.  Ahh, to pee like a man.  

Back to the beginning of the day:  We got a later start today.  Decided to sleep in until 7 am, grab some breakfast and then hit the road.  The skies were overcast leaving Tulsa and a few miles out of Oklahoma, we started to drive into winter fog!  The trees and grass got whiter and whiter as we drove into Texas.  Before Amarillo we called Tony and he checked the aviation weather forcasts…not good for the Texas panhandle.  A quarter mile visibility and freezing fog!

If you’ve spent any time in colder climates you’ve probably experienced dew fog.  If you haven't, just look closely at the picture.    The frost is really beautiful…if you’re tucked inside a cozy home (not the one in the picture) …not when you’re driving through it.  We didn’t see any of the Texas roadside.  But I don’t think we missed anything.  Thanks to Tony's calls and text messages we found out the conditions would improve around the TX/NM state line…and it did!  So we were able to pick up our speed and put some miles behind us…until now.  It’s 6:38pm now.  We've been sitting in traffic for over 15 minutes and T can see the flashing lights about a mile up the road.  Looks like we’ll be sitting here a while.

7:03 – Just made it past the crash site.  Looks like two semi’s side-swiped and veered off the road. Looks like it happened quite a while ago but is still affecting traffic.  Time to stop typing and keep the driver attentive on the road…we’ve got 2 hours drive ahead of us.

9:00 pm - We're checked into the Hampton in in Gallup.  Grabbed a bite to eat and now it's time to relax and get some sleep.  Tomorrow night we'll be sleeping in our own bed and eating something out of our freezer.  Oh, never mind on the freezer bit.  Got news today that it was plugged into the electrical circuit that failed as we were walking out the house on Dec 2.  What a nice welcoming smell for Anna and Jen.  Thanks Shannyn for cleaning it out.