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Where Seattle has had its share of bad weather — rain, wind and now snow, San Antonio has its own issues. We have just gone into a tornado watch until 2AM Thursday morning. Don’t get me wrong. I don’t miss being stuck at home because the roads are covered in snow and ice. We are able to view our home online so we do know how bad the weather is in Bellevue. The low today was 17 at our house in WA. It barely made it to freezing today. It spend the day below that. Not fun by any stretch. Though we did speak with a neighbor who said he and his son were sledding down our street. Since we do live on a hill area I’m sure they had a lot of fun. Its also nice that nobody got hurt, always a possibility when sledding down city streets.

But I’m not used to tornado watches. I’m not sure how I would know a tornado is coming. Do they have sirens? What do they sound like? I’m not from this area so its new to me. I do realize that the probability is low that it would hit here. I also have been told that its more likely to hit the hill country about an hour north of this area. That’s some concillation, but I am aware of the damage a tornado can cause. And that can be considerable. Let’s just hope that it find some open area with nothing to cause harm to. And there is lots of area in Texas like that – flat open land with not much but scrub on it. I hope any tornado stays there.

San Antonio is not Seattle. It is a beautiful day. Clear blue skies and we should get to about 74 degrees today. And its supposed to be in the high 60’s to mid 70’s for the next few days. And no rain to speak of in sight. On the flip side the aquifers are a bit on the low side here which is not good. This really is an arid climate. But after driving through rain, its a nice change.

Since I’m new to blogs I’m still learning how this works. For those who have put comments with questions, I don’t seem to have a way to reply to your questions. Especially those that are listed as anonymous. So I’m working on how to reply – just part of the learning process.

We’ve made it to San Antonio, TX. The car is a mess and needs a good washing. One nice thing you realize is that open roads, those that don’t go through major cities have some high speed limits. Some roads have had 75 – 80 mph speed limits. But of course, there’s nothing out there. And I mean nothing. Radio stations can be hard to come by. But you can make good time and go far. And it means that today we did about 425 miles in about 7 hours, including stops for gas. But the good news is we are safe and sound in San Antonio.

Wondering what the pictures is about? Well its at a rest area in the middle of nowhere. The front sign says “Pet Area”. The far back one says “Beware of Rattlesnakes”.

Vegas at night. Taken fron the walk way between MGM Grand and New York, New York hotels.

Today is Tuesday Nov. 14. We started our journey in Seattle. We left Tuesday, Nov. 7 from Seattle. Our first stop was Ontario, OR. From there we drove to Provo, UT. We left Provo for Las Vegas. We stopped for a couple of days in Las Vegas to meet with a friend. It was also nice to take the break since we’ve been driving full 8 hour days. It was nice to have a few days of decent food and the chance too walk around.

Its interesting driving from Seattle to San Antonio, TX. The landscape changes so much and so does the air. In Las Vegas the humidity was in the single digits – very dry. Nothing like what Seattle was when we left. Also as we’ve driven south the temperature has also changed considerable. Actually we left Seattle when we did because of the weather. We were running before a storm. Seattle, Idaho and Utah all had temperatures that would be dropping and snow would be coming to some of the areas we would drive through. As was, we were only one day before the storm, but we’ve made it this far safely.

Our current travel has taken us from Las Vegas, NV to Tucson, AZ. We got a late start today, but still made it in before sundown. Tomorrow we drive through El Paso into Van Horn, TX. The day after, Thursday we should make San Antonio.

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