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I *think* I'm going to split the stuff about my NM trip into three posts. One for getting there, one for the time there, one for getting home? We'll see.
So here's the post about the trip down there!
We'd seen some weather forecasts that included the potential for some really bad winter storms down around Raton Pass. It's not a long pass, but it is winding, and difficult one if the weather isn't cooperating. So that's why we decided to leave significantly earlier than originally planned: 6:00 am, straight from my mom's house, rather than 9:00.
We wound up getting the last of the stuff into the car and pulling away from her house at around 5:50, so... good job, us!
Taylor and my mom split the driving. I... don't drive if I can help it. (I am the stereotypical Queer Who Does Not Drive.) Taylor started off, since my mom had gotten her second Covid vax the day before, and we wanted her to get a little extra rest if she needed it.
We mostly just listened to Taylor's music on shuffle at that point. (Fortunately they have very similar taste to mine, though skewed a little extra toward video game scores.)
The road down to Colorado Springs was pretty shitty, but not impossibly bad. Being out that early was nice, because at least we didn't have traffic to make it worse.
The snow was fairly variable, but the clouds were really low. This is a picture from around the Co Springs area. Blurry, through the window of a moving car, but gets the idea of the low clouds across.
We'd made it down to Pueblo by about 8:00, which was pretty good time, even for a clear day. Unfortunately, after that the weather started to get worse.
Again, quite obviously taken through the car window, but there was something very eerie about the massive wind turbines half-hidden by the snow and fog, until they're just suddenly RIGHT THERE.
( More road-trip style notes and pictures, including from a shady gas station: )
The total time on the road wound up being about 10.5 hours, which was really good considering the shitty weather. Despite it being earlier than we'd anticipated - around 4:30 - we didn't go over to Debby's house. They'd just gotten back from Oregon the day before, and weren't expecting us until Thursday. Plus we were tired from the early morning and day on the road, so it was better just to rest for the evening.
So here's the post about the trip down there!
We'd seen some weather forecasts that included the potential for some really bad winter storms down around Raton Pass. It's not a long pass, but it is winding, and difficult one if the weather isn't cooperating. So that's why we decided to leave significantly earlier than originally planned: 6:00 am, straight from my mom's house, rather than 9:00.
We wound up getting the last of the stuff into the car and pulling away from her house at around 5:50, so... good job, us!
Taylor and my mom split the driving. I... don't drive if I can help it. (I am the stereotypical Queer Who Does Not Drive.) Taylor started off, since my mom had gotten her second Covid vax the day before, and we wanted her to get a little extra rest if she needed it.
We mostly just listened to Taylor's music on shuffle at that point. (Fortunately they have very similar taste to mine, though skewed a little extra toward video game scores.)
The road down to Colorado Springs was pretty shitty, but not impossibly bad. Being out that early was nice, because at least we didn't have traffic to make it worse.
The snow was fairly variable, but the clouds were really low. This is a picture from around the Co Springs area. Blurry, through the window of a moving car, but gets the idea of the low clouds across.
We'd made it down to Pueblo by about 8:00, which was pretty good time, even for a clear day. Unfortunately, after that the weather started to get worse.
Again, quite obviously taken through the car window, but there was something very eerie about the massive wind turbines half-hidden by the snow and fog, until they're just suddenly RIGHT THERE.
( More road-trip style notes and pictures, including from a shady gas station: )
The total time on the road wound up being about 10.5 hours, which was really good considering the shitty weather. Despite it being earlier than we'd anticipated - around 4:30 - we didn't go over to Debby's house. They'd just gotten back from Oregon the day before, and weren't expecting us until Thursday. Plus we were tired from the early morning and day on the road, so it was better just to rest for the evening.
