Last Thursday at around 3-4 pm we (wife, me, and the dog) made my break for it. The truck was loaded the day before, including the camper, bikes, and enough gear to stage an outdoor assault on a small country! For the record, it's amazing what a small truck will handle with some suspension upgrades.
I'd been watching the weather all day and it looked great. We left work with sunshine, temperatures in the 60's, and light winds. Jump ahead about an hour as we tool along highway 50 out near Sand Mountain.....temperatures are dropping the the rain is starting. About 45 minutes later, "spring break" is a misnomer and it's snowing (hard)!
As darkness fell, it turned into a complete blizzard/white-out. We were plugging along at an amazing top speed of 35 mph because you couldn't even see the center line.....just the rumble strip divots through the snow covering the road! By now we were just about to Austin, and with the weather it had taken the better part of 4 hours. We gave up and decided to camp for the night and get an early start the next day. It looked a little something like this:
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| Definitely time to call it a night. A beer and then bed! |
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| The next morning. |
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| Beautiful low lying clouds for the first few hours and a perfect new coat of snow! |
So that's the lead in for the first day. Tune in tomorrow for day 2....more snow and finally Moab Red rocks!
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