A Race with the Polar Vortex

We didn't leave early enough to escape it's ice-cold grasp, but we have found brief respite as we reached northern Texas today. We also learned this evening that even northern Texas, and points south, will not escape an extreme temperature drop in a couple of days. Right here in Sherman, Texas, where it is 38 degrees (F) (compared to 12 F in Macomb) at nearly 10 PM, it will drop from  low Friday night of 53, to a low Saturday night  of 18! On Sunday it's even worse, with a high of 27 and low of 16.

This can only mean one thing: keep going south!

We intended to, anyway. But it would be nice to flush the anti-freeze out of our water lines and fill the tank with water, but we have to make sure we are out of the freeze-zone first. One more day should get us there.

Our first day on the road was sunny, and we had a pretty sunset. After that, the full moon rose over the horizon as a bright orange ball. In the car with only a cell phone to record it, it is difficult to get a good photo of such beauty, yet to witness it without sharing is somewhat unsatisfactory. So, stubborn as it may be, I am sharing what I can. Here is a photo of the sunset and a video of the moonrise as we raced along the highway.

I hope you enjoy them!

Mari

If you can't play this video, you can see it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/qwELLVCpj0w.