Road Trip Continued

Texas Here We Come

1774.45 miles from San Carlos, CA to San Marcos, TX

Day 3 continued as we passed through El Paso, TX.  We could see the border between the United States and Mexico.  A ways out of the city, the border patrol stopped us and asked if we were citizens of the United States of America.  Except for this stop, the drive has been uneventful.  Whenever we stopped, the temperatures were between 80 and 90 degrees with gentle winds.  Nana said, "This is almost comfortable compared to the 100 degree weather a year ago." 

As we neared our final stop before reaching San Marcos, a dust storm overtook our car.  I looked out the windows and held tightly to my seat.  At one point, I couldn't even see the road.  We drove very slowly with our hazard lights blinking because the winds were blowing the trailer side to side.  All of us were on the edge of our seats.  I heard someone say, "Everything is big in Texas: Big dust storms, big winds, big rain, big thunder and big lightening."  I was so pleased when the dust storm was behind us.  

When the dust passed, we still had to travel slow because of the wind.  After a few more miles, the wind calmed down and we were left with rain and lightening.  The lightening lit up the sky.  We saw flashes, bolts that reached the ground and jagged lines of lightening.  The thunder crashed.  After a tense hour of weather, we were back up to speed as though nothing had happened.

Nana told me that after driving so many miles, I was now a road warrior.  WOW!  I also heard relief in her voice when she said, "Only two hundred more miles to go."