Hey everyone, this post is coming from a motel room in Stanton, TN. We hit the road Sunday morning and traversed Texas, coming to a rest at the Arkansas welcome center. It had been foggy and rainy since Midland, and we expected more of the same, but soon after we got back on the road yesterday the rain turned to sleet and then snow. Basically we got stuck in the middle of the historic blizzard, and spent all day creeping across Arkansas at 30 mph. Snow is bad enough, but snow in a southern state is even worse! We saw vehicle after vehicle after vehicle that had slid off the road, probably one every mile. I'll post some pictures after I've had a chance to upload them from my phone (the good cameras were all packed away in the back of the truck).
Well, we got through Arkansas OK, but after driving through Tennessee for a while the snow turned into sleet. The sleet seemed even more dangerous than the snow had been, because it didn't look like much. The water and ice accumulated on the roads and drivers were even more foolish than they had been in the snow! I guess because it didn't look as bad, they thought it was safer. The accidents we saw along the road were getting worse; not just cars that had slid off the road but vehicles that had careened into guard rails and other cars. We got off the road late in the afternoon and decided to hole up for a while. I'm sad that we're going to be so late in getting to my family in New Jersey, but at least we'll be safe if we go slowly
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