We were in New Mexico elk hunting. It was cold there but manageable. We heard there might be some weather coming so we packed up and headed southwest for the border. It was almost dark but we were in a hurry. A little past the Texas border the western edge of the norther caught us and by the time we got to Fort Stockton it was a different world. All the hotel rooms were taken, no gas at the gas stations and I10 was ice & snow. Having diesel pickups, we filled up and headed east toward Houston. 35 miles per hour almost all night. Well over 100 trucks off the road. Just outside SanAntonio the snow and ice quit so the rest of the trip was at speed.
Great stuff.
We were in New Mexico elk hunting. It was cold there but manageable. We heard there might be some weather coming so we packed up and headed southwest for the border. It was almost dark but we were in a hurry. A little past the Texas border the western edge of the norther caught us and by the time we got to Fort Stockton it was a different world. All the hotel rooms were taken, no gas at the gas stations and I10 was ice & snow. Having diesel pickups, we filled up and headed east toward Houston. 35 miles per hour almost all night. Well over 100 trucks off the road. Just outside SanAntonio the snow and ice quit so the rest of the trip was at speed.
Christmas eve 1983, holding my newborn son that night watching It’s a Wonderful Life in our mobile home in Waco. It was 5 degrees outside.