Texas in passing

We arrived in Texas on schedule after what I thought was a little trouble with the truck. I couldn't be sure. Various efforts to troubleshoot a problem showed nothing. So after 7 days pestering grandkids and various other constructive pursuits we headed home about 4:30 Monday morning with a sendoff committee of one... Jayden, who was suppose to be asleep. A storm front moved in during the night and we departed in wind, cold, and rain. The temp all across Texas that day stayed at 34˚. We hit fog and then a snowstorm in El Paso... big flakes coming down thick. Snow compacted on the bottom of our windshield as the wipers tried to clear it. I wondered whether to get a motel or continue west. I didn't want to get stuck in the middle of nowhere on snowy roads. A quick call to a motel in New Mexico revealed cold but no snow there so we pressed on. The next morning we learned El Paso had three inches of snow. We just beat that weather or we would have been stuck until the snow melted. Monday we detoured to Tombstone, AZ for some sight-seeing. The place is a historical tourist trap, but I actually enjoyed the town and would love to go back again. We pulled into 2530 about 6:30 PM to a chilly house and the first act was to turn on the heater. Good to be back home.