Well, we just finished our trip to Arizona. We actually got homesick for Oklahoma, knowing that when we came back the green rolling hills would welcome us. Of course, the tornadoes welcomed us home too. We weren't home more than two hours when the tornado alarms went off.
Somehow it seemed appropriate after our trip -- our long trip -- back from Arizona. It was in the mid 90s in Arizona City the day before we left. Saturday, we left early and immediately ran into a detour due to road construction in Phoenix. We were still running the AC. We traveled up up up to Flagstaff. It started snowing before we got there and sure enough a wreck due to the winter driving conditions pushed traffic to a stop. A car in front of us rear ended another car, so there was wreck two. Fortunately, we were close enough to the action that it didn't take us so long to get around it. Those behind us were not as fortunate, and traffic on the mountain was backing up. It was snowing hard in Flagstaff and cold high 30s. What a difference in only three hours (actually by then it was closer to five due to the delays.)
It kept snowing on and off as we headed to Albuquerque. But 90 miles out -- right outside of Gallup, traffic came to a dead stop. We crept along for three miles -- four hours later we finally were detoured off Interstate 40 to a frontage road. Despite the snow, the road was closed due to high winds. It was blowing sand -- a brown out -- that stopped traffic, and even the train that we could see next to the highway.
We made it to Amarillo and stayed the night at my brother's place. Crazy day, crazy weather.
Tornadoes and all it's good to be home. Now we have to decide what we're going to do -- choices? Stay here or move to Arizona. I have a tenative job offer there. And, now I have another familiar detour. I have an interview Thursday morning for a job in Des Moines, Iowa. Yes, same one. Same cows :) But, it has merit so I have to talk to them. Geez, I wish God would send a telegram, or maybe an email.
Posted by Carmel
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