{"id":999,"date":"2011-02-01T15:10:49","date_gmt":"2011-02-01T21:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.keloland.com\/lund\/?p=999"},"modified":"2023-07-20T21:00:10","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T21:00:10","slug":"stormin-for-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/stormin-for-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Stormin’ For Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

Greetings from the \u201cLand of Enchantment\u201d..New Mexico where the state plant and the winter weather are both pronounced the same; \u201cYucca.\u201d<\/p>\n

Left Fountain Hills, Arizona on Monday knowing full well we were probably going to encounter bad weather on our route home but the first several hundred miles were mostly dry roads and sunshine interrupted occasionally by a \u00a0frightening dark wall of clouds filled with intense snow. But it only lasted for a few nerve wracking miles..and then we\u2019d break free into the clear again. I suppose we were lulled \u00a0into a false sense of security believing we must be cleverly sidestepping the storm systems..or maybe the forecasters were exaggerating the severity of the situation. After all, these Southwest people may know all about handling heat and dust but they\u2019re wusses when it comes to dealing with the slightest amount of snow and cold. \u00a0This is nothin\u2019, we thought..until we drove into a dark wall outside of Albuquerque and never came out. The snow started coming down in gentle flakes..then turned to hard pellets that bounced off the windshield like gravel. Then the flakes turned huge, looking like white leaves floating down from an albino cottonwood. Still, the highway though town wasn\u2019t too slippery so I suggested we press on. Dumb idea. \u00a0A half hour later, after passing by three accidents on Interstate 40 in the high country just east of Albuquerque (the same area where we were in a two hour traffic jam on the way out) it was pretty clear that if I didn\u2019t find a motel soon, Linda was going to pull the arm rest right off the door. But what\u2019s out here? \u00a0Then she spotted the sign that says, \u201cMoriarity 13 Miles.\u201d Fortunately, at the last rest stop, I\u2019d grabbed one of those traveler\u2019s magazines that have motel discount coupons inside..but more importantly \u00a0they also have motel phone numbers. Linda got on the cell and we were able to book a room and even got the discount. So, here we are in Moriarity, New Mexico which is called the \u201cCrossroads of\u00a0 Opportunity\u201d because of its perfect location in the heart of the state along the historic Route 66, \u201cThe Mother Road.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Linda and me, though, it\u2019s simply a port in the storm as we\u2019re holed up in the Super 8 until at least Wednesday. Staying another night was the right thing to do. We\u2019re close enough to the interstate to see that it\u2019s mostly truck drivers who are brave or foolish enough..to challenge that slippery slab a quarter mile away.<\/p>\n

\"Odd..but

Odd..but the sun peaked through just as I took this..then went back behind the clouds and it has been snowing off and on ever since.<\/p><\/div>\n

We\u2019re fine waiting it out. There\u2019s adequate heat in our room, a TV that gets more than three channels, internet access, a functioning ice machine and a half bottle of hooch in the suit case. Plus there are couple fast food joints within walking distance..so we\u2019ll survive.<\/p>\n

Hmmm, why is it I\u2019m not sensing much sympathy from you folks back home? Could it be that while we\u2019ve been golfing and having outdoor patio parties in Phoenix you\u2019ve been shoveling and shivering the entire month we\u2019ve been gone? \u00a0<\/p>\n

Now, now, vengeance doesn\u2019t become you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Greetings from the \u201cLand of Enchantment\u201d..New Mexico where the state plant and the winter weather are both pronounced the same; \u201cYucca.\u201d Left Fountain Hills, Arizona on Monday knowing full well we were probably going to encounter bad weather on our route home but the first several hundred miles were mostly dry roads and sunshine interrupted…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lund-at-large","category-60","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=999"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11818,"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/999\/revisions\/11818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}