I-10 closure

It hit 48 today at Fort Davis, and folks cleared out quickly. Though with about 1 1/2 inches of sleet on the road at sunrise and 24 degrees, they waited until about noon to take off.

Only 12 sites occupied tonight - two came in from Big Bend.

frizzen wrote:
Where was the profile pic of your rig taken?

Chisos Basin Campground, Big Bend National Park - we were camp hosts there from Apr 27 to Aug 7, 2014.

Can't take a rig as big as ours up into the mountains without being a camp or visitor center host. And of course it's a dry CG with no hookups except for the hosts.

While we were there at 5,400 ft elevation, two days hit 95, about 5 hit 90. We slept only three nights with the windows closed and AC on. More than half the nights were below 70 degrees. Beat the heck out of being back in Dallas/ north central Texas.

And the Milky Way is absolutely incredible there.

Years ago I spent a winter semester at a Dallas college, and had 5 'snow/ice' days.

PawPaw_n_Gram wrote:
We have about 20 rigs 'trapped' at Davis Mountains State Park due to ice and snow on local roads. Had a report from Balmorhea SP that they were full of trapped rigs, and several folks were bedded down in churches in Balmorhea due to ice on I-10 (exits 206 & 209).

Called everyone we could reach with reservations for DMSP yesterday and told them not to try to come due to road conditions.

It is supposed to hit 40 today, so some stuff might melt - but back into the 20s again Saturday night/Sunday early AM.

Not only is there ice on the roads, but freezing fog is reported by TXDOT on I-10 and US-90.

Definitely wouldn't want to take 118 back to I-10 from there in those conditions.

Where was the profile pic of your rig taken?

old guy wrote:
Naw - We only use salt on the rims of our Margarita glasses!

love this answer.

I thought they only put salt on their steaks.

Naw - We only use salt on the rims of our Margarita glasses!

love this answer.

we ran into one of those sleet/snow storms out that way several years ago. we "saw" it coming on our weather website, so we stopped early at a roadside rest stop on the east side of Ft. Stockton. The interstate closed from Ft. Stockton to Van Horn. Next a.m. late, we headed west and when we got to Ft. Stockton, the cops were just letting the traffic get going again. There were hundreds, and I mean hundreds, of semi trucks held up in the town. The road was melting snow and slushy, all the way to Van Horn where the east bound traffic had been held over.
It was one of those experiences that makes a good memory and story later in life, but I wouldn't have enjoyed it as much if we had been crammed in with all those trucks in town.

ChooChooMan74 wrote:
Sounds like the north needs to send some salt shakers down to Texas to treat some roads.

Naw - We only use salt on the rims of our Margarita glasses! :C

Sounds like the north needs to send some salt shakers down to Texas to treat some roads.

We have about 20 rigs 'trapped' at Davis Mountains State Park due to ice and snow on local roads. Had a report from Balmorhea SP that they were full of trapped rigs, and several folks were bedded down in churches in Balmorhea due to ice on I-10 (exits 206 & 209).

Called everyone we could reach with reservations for DMSP yesterday and told them not to try to come due to road conditions.

It is supposed to hit 40 today, so some stuff might melt - but back into the 20s again Saturday night/Sunday early AM.

Not only is there ice on the roads, but freezing fog is reported by TXDOT on I-10 and US-90.

Atlee wrote:
Why? Weather or accident?

frizzen wrote:
Just on the news

I-10 closed both directions at Sierra Blanca, TX about mile 110

Weather. Lots of freezing rain down that way. Some parts of Texas been raining all day with temps no higher than 31 F.