Ever wonder about whether you should go traveling on a bad weather day? We sure did this morning as we watched and listened to the TV station out of Albuquerque. It was so windy and cold that some of the schools had delayed opening by 2 hours. Storms were predicted in the mountains. We knew that I-25 would take us through the Sangre De Cristo Mountain range near Santa Fe. Don decided to go. After all, we could stay put and the weather could get even worse.
We had every type of weather today, except for tornadoes. We were very thankful for that. We traveled through sun, wind, rain, sleet and snow. What more could we ask for? It changed every hour or so.
We started off with windy conditions between Albuqueque and Santa Fe. In the mountains outside of Santa Fe we came across a light dusting of snow but the roads were clear.
About an hour south of Raton, which at the Colorado/New Mexico border we could see a snowstorm on the left in the distance. Then, the storm seemed to be on our right. It kept changing back and forth as the interstate curved around from one direction to another. We both wondered if we would end up driving through it.
Then, as we neared the city of Raton, and Raton Pass, we KNEW we would be driving right through it.
As we crossed over the pass into Colorado, the snow started coming down heavier. Got through Trinidad and we thought it was all behind us. It was sunny again.....that is....until the next set of clouds appeared. This time it was sleet.
Finally, sun and blue skies! And no wind! Yeah! We sure had a wintry mix but I'd much rather had a mixed bouquet of flowers any day.
Nice! Glad it wasn't us......and glad you are safe.
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