Our route took us south on I-25 to Hwy 152 just a few miles past T or C. We had a headwind the whole way - what a mess this day was. 152 was slightly better as we didn't have quite a headwind but Bryan had his hands full with the truck & camper. Hwy 152 is a very beautiful drive. Very winding and steep in places with NO guard rails, once we got into the mountains the wind wasn't quite as bad but we still couldn't make good time due to the twisty road. We had a bit of trouble with the power steering (nothing like turning the steering wheel on a steep mountain road and your truck keep going straight to get your heart racing) but we were able to pull off and let it cool down and didn't have anymore problems.
Mom called around 3 to say that the road between Deming and Hurley (Hwy 180) was closed due to high winds and dust - they had to get a police escort back to the state park which they found very exciting. :-)
We took 152 to Hwy 61 at San Lorenzo and made it in just fine. Wind howled until about Midnight or so. Wicked, wicked wind.
Here's a few pics from the drive over - I'll post our trip in installments as I find the time.
Hwy 152
Hwy 152
Sick truck
2 comments:
That wind! Glad you made it safely (this far, anyway). We were up in Clovis during the worst of it and came home to Las Cruces to find some really BIG branches down, some right over the wires that come in from the street. Beez got the branches down safely, but the load shifted in the pickup before we left for the dump and shattered the back window. Later he got stopped by the police on his way back up to Clovis.
I think those winds put everyone in a bad mood!
They will certainly drive you mad!!
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