Our friends Brian and Sue crossed at Laredo, Texas this morning heading into Mexico and after seven hours of crawling along in in a traffic jam they are spending the night in their motorhome, pulled off on the side of the road north of Monterrey in a snowstorm. No concerns, they have lots of food, propane, blankets, Internet, rum...
They are trying to get to San Miguel de Allende but the highway south of Monterrey is closed due to snow as well. It is going to be a frustrating couple of days for them.
There is snow in Brownsville and Corpus Christi, Texas as well as along the Big Bend Highway in Texas. I have to say I thought this winter might get off to a cold start this year.
Revolution Day
5 hours ago
I drove in snow yesterday from the house to school. First time I´ve done that although we have had snow in Monterrey before this year the temps are below 0C. Tonight the forecast calls for high winds and -4C.
ReplyDeleteI just checked and the highway to Saltillo from Monterrey is still closed this morning at 8:50 a.m.
ReplyDeleteNo shortcut through Linares and that great little mountain pass!
DeleteCouldn´t imagine driving that in the snow :) Especially with me driving!
DeleteYep, snowed in Alpine, Texas yesterday or the day before. (Big Bend area). A couple inches. We get an inch or so each year on average, all typically in December.
ReplyDeleteJust when you thought Global Warming couldn't get any worse!!! :P
ReplyDeleteSays the guy with fire licking his rooftop! We changed the name to "Climate Change" long ago.
DeleteTonight, Tuesday, Dec. 12th, I found out that there truly is a God, and my back-sliding Methodist self will be going to church this Sunday. I've stayed up late tonight to watch the returns for the Alabama US Senate race between Doug Jones and Judge Roy Moore. It was a race between (what I perceive as) good and the evil. Doug Jones is the fella who faced down the Ku Klux Klan in Birmingham, AL for the church bombings and put members of the Klux away for life after killing little girls. Roy Moore was a man who was appointed to the Alabama Supreme Court twice and subsequently impeached from the bench twice for not handing down court decisions in accordance with the Constitution. Recently, he was accused multiple times of pedophilia. Moore was heavily supported by Trump and Bannon. If Mr. Jones can handle the Klux, he will be a knight in shining armor in the US Senate.
ReplyDeleteIt was an exciting evening in front of the TV for us as well!As the headlines on The Post says, "Screw You And The Horse You Rode In On"!
DeleteMy Mother would have slapped me senseless for saying a headline like that, but I would have said it and be glad to suffer the consequences!! LOL!
DeleteThe thing I don't get is how 650,000 people could have voted for him.
DeleteBetween the weather in Mexico and the election in Alabama that old curse about 'may you live in interesting times' seems to be biting us all!
ReplyDeleteI heard a theory that Darwinism is beginning to reverse itself. These interesting times seem to support that theory!
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