Too Far North?

Leaving Mobile, Alabama in the rain, we had to make a decision on which way to go.

We would have liked to have spent a day or two in New Orleans but with the torrential rains and constant flash-flood warnings, we thought that it would be prudent to use a more northerly route, at least till we blast through this latest front. Really, I am not sure I ever want to be in New Orleans during a heavy rainstorm, based on past performance. So, we headed northwest through Mississippi to Shreveport (pictured here in the rain). We crossed the border into Texas and stayed overnight in the town of Marshall.

In the morning, it had stopped raining but was still cloudy and cool, so we pressed on through Texas, again on a northwest heading. The sun broke out around Dallas and it turned into a very nice drive for the rest of the day. Later in the afternoon we started to see some snow on the fields and started to wonder if we had gone too far north.

When we arrived in Amarillo for the night, there was little question about it. Our only hope now is that we can get far enough west in the next day or two to avoid the worst of the approaching storm front coming in from the coast. Or, with any luck, we should be in the desert by then, and we all know it never snows in the desert.

At least Susanne has found a nice cozy spot in the room, so she is happy.