SNOW AND COLD IN DESERT AND MOUNTAINS

Well,the unusual did happen.  It turned cold and it snowed!!! We were not expecting that but we managed anyway.  Not liking it, of course.  We woke up to a kind of cold drizzle fog that turned into a cold, windy, snow that didn't stick at first.  About a half hour out it still didn't seem to be sticking and there were lot of trucks on the road - mostly trucks at that time in the morning.  Then, suddenly, we all had to stop and we stayed there for about an hour waiting for we knew not what.  When we finally were able to move again we still didn't find out definitely what had occurred but supposed it was an accident on one of the bridges that got icy in the snow and cold.  Soon the traffic found its pace and we trudged on in the wind with no indication that the weather was going to get better.  We didn't have many miles to cover thank goodness and so stopped relatively early - about 3, I think.  It was very cold with the wind blowing so hard. 

This morning it was again very cold, 29 degrees but seemed dry when we started out so no problem.  We did run into some dense fog that dropped in and dropped out. But as it turned out we sailed along on clear roads and checked in here early today.  We are in Kerrville, Texas and tomorrow we will drive to Brownsville.  Then next day we will be in Mexico so I will have more interesting things to see I am sure.

Both of us have beaten this cold bug back and are well on the way to our usual good health.  I am determined to find a way to make this thing work to insert photos but maybe not today.   

Odds and Ends

It is very easy to be busy all of the time here. But I wanted to take some time and note some of the different and interesting (to me) stuff.
Imagine a place where you had no furnace or airconditioning in your house. That would save a few dollars.
Now imagine a little city with narrow streets made of cobblestones and there are no stop signs at any corners or intersections. Tonnage wins but also just courtesy is used in order not to dent your car..
One other thing that has been interesting to me is the lack of panhandlers. We haven't seen that here or even the ever present sales people. There are a few salespeople but not like the ocean resorts.
Okay, another sight that I thought was interesting was an "outing" for what looked like mental patients. There were about 20 people and about 5 or 6 caretakers and they were in the park in Chapala. They seemed tobe having a good time and to be well taken care of.
Here we have a picture of Pete using the lap pool at our casita. It was cold so he was in a hurry to get out.