Road Trip, Part 3

[compilerbitch]

... and the next day, I did it again

I made it to Albuquerque by 6pm after an exactly 600 mile (as the GPS flies) trip. I chose not to stop for photographic purposes on the way, because the extra 2 - 3 hours necessitated by the more southerly route would have meant my risking having to do the last bit of the trip (the most likely to be snowy) in the dark. As it happened, I got to Albuquerque just as it became dark, a little after sunset. It's Really Cold here, but there is not any snow. Luckily. About 100 miles south of Albuquerque I went through a fairly mountainous area (about 5000 feet altitude I think), where it was raining heavily but only just below the snow line. I think I made the right navigational decision, somehow.

I have photos to upload, so I'll probably do that on and off over the next couple of days. I'm at a conference currently (an AFRL workshop on reconfigurable systems), so don't expect more updates here until Friday.

Comments

[sparsityproblem.livejournal.com]

Watch out for the flesh-eating weasels.

[compilerbitch.livejournal.com]

Aaaagh! Get them off me! Get them off me!

Oh, sorry. It was just a flashback.

[compilerbitch.livejournal.com]

In conversation with galliana, my brain re-edited this as flesh-eating face weasels.

I kind of like the accidental version better somehow. It's like some weird disease, necrotising flesh-eating weaselitis. It would be nasty.

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Good thing you got here by 6pm... flurries have become moderate snow, which is now sticking.

[compilerbitch.livejournal.com]

I noticed. It started between my walking into the hotel and getting to my room, so I hit it dead on. I hope it has gone by Friday, or things will be interesting...