Searcher: Jan 14th - Still in Sanderson, TX

We were only going to stay in Sanderson, TX for one night and then move on west to our projected destination of somewhere in Arizona but the cold front that is holding the US in its tight little fist has kept us in south Texas instead of moving on to New Mexico and Arizona. We decided that 27 degrees at night was better then 13 degrees in an area of Arizona that we wanted to head to. We had to remind ourselves that we do not have to be anywhere at anytime so we are residing in Sanderson until the weather warms up further west of us. The sun is shining and it does warm up during the day to about 55 degrees, max, so what is there to complain about? No floods, no ice storms, it is just a little nippy in the night and early AM. Our greatest worry is keeping the water lines open during the night. We were still able to go for a walk and a bike ride today. All is well.

We will head on to Fort Stockton, TX tomorrow AM which is about 65 miles north of Sanderson. We will then back tract to Route 90 to Marfa and Alpine. There are a couple of areas I want to revisit on route 90 that we covered last year. Don't think we will head south into the Big Bend National Park this year. The elevation will make it even colder then what we are experiencing north of the park. We will then cross over into New Mexico and then onto Arizona. Hopefully by then the weather will have changed and a warm front will move in. We can only hope!!! Richard went for a walk this morning while I was making bread and we both went for a bike ride this afternoon in the sunshine and warmed up. The people here are very friendly. This little town reminds us of small communities in Iron County. Once again, people are pretty much the same regardless of the accent!