Santa Rosa, New Mexico

We awoke this morning in Santa Rosa, New Mexico to a bright, clear, cold morning. The roads were clear and dry for our drive yesterday but we saw several cars off the road from previous days. I think we were smart to wait the extra day in Holbrook rather than risk an accident in the snow and ice. There were large amounts of snow along side of the road but as I have said the roads were clear and dry.

We had an unexplained stop at the 200-mile marker, east of Albuquerque, where we were stopped on the interstate for 20 minutes. When we finally got going we could see no reason for the stop what so ever. Trucker talk on the CB indicated there was no reason for the delay but delayed we were. Anyhow we finally got on our way and then when we hit the 260-mile marker, 15 miles from our exit in Santa Rosa, we were stopped again. There was construction in the Santa Rosa area and the interstate was reduced to one lane, which had backed the traffic up for 15 miles. It took us over an hour and twenty minutes to travel this last 15 miles but we finally arrived safely at about 4:30.

We made a short run to the store for a couple of things and then Tippy made chili-mac for dinner. Mmmmm Gooood. We watched a little TV and hit the sack at 10:30. Today we head for Goodlett, TX ands will stay at the Ole Town Cotton Gin RV Park. We stayed there a couple of years ago and it is real cute and the sites are nice and large. Friday it will be on to Arlington where we will arrive a day early after missing two nights in Tyler. More later from Tyler, be safe.