Date:         Tue, 2 Jan 2007 13:43:02 -0500
Reply-To:     Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
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From:         Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: New Year's on I-40
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Glad you got home safely, Maggie!  I was just wondering this morning whether
you'd gotten caught in all those blizzards.

I think that's a lesson in keeping the propane tank full whenever there's a
risk of snow, too!  Especially for those with propex heaters.

Back here on the east coast, however, we're enjoying full-fledged global
warming. Today the sky is blue and the temps are in the fifties.  It's only
been below freezing once all season.  You go figure!



Joy


:::-----Original Message-----
:::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
:::Of Maggie Dew
:::Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 8:14 AM
:::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
:::Subject: New Year's on I-40
:::
:::Happy New Year All,
:::
:::I spent New Year's Eve and New Year's Day mostly on Interstate 40 trying
:::to
:::get from Oklahoma City to Santa Fe.  I-40 was closed from Amarillo to
:::Albuquerque so I spent New Year's Eve in Amarillo.  The truck stops were
:::crowded with trucks and the side roads were lined with more trucks and
:::RVs.
:::The highway was opened on New Year's Day.  Traffic was stop and go into
:::New
:::Mexico and it finally stopped altogether for a couple of hours, before
:::crawling slowly forward due to accidents.  It was amusing to see all the
:::snowmen in the interstate median and along the sides of the road -
:::testimony
:::to long waits during the storm.
:::
:::I got home to Santa Fe yesterday afternoon only to find I couldn't get in
:::the driveway - roughly 2-1/2 to 3 feet of snow was piled in the drive
:::after
:::a record snowfall and there was only one lane open in the street.  After
:::almost 3 hours of shoveling the heavy wet stuff, I managed to get the
:::bottom
:::half of the driveway open enough to pull the A.B. in out of harm's way.
:::She
:::handled the icy and snowy bits very well along with the long episodes of
:::sitting on the highway.  Most importantly, I found it such a comfort to
:::know
:::that no matter where I might get stuck I could just crawl in the back and
:::have all the comforts of home.
:::
:::Maggie
:::'85 Subaru-Westy "Anne Bonney"