Escaping the Canadian winter in Texas...Not!

It's below freezing with ice on the highways here in Weatherford, Texas. We've been hunkered down in the local Walmart parking lot for 3 days, now.

But the good news is that warmer weather is on the way. We should be back on the road tomorrow, with our destination Pecos, TX. Quartzsite is still over 900 miles away...but we're gaining on it.

We certainly can't be accused of making good time; we've been gone 8 days, and we've only come about 1500 miles. Of course, the last 3 days we've been parked, waiting out the bad weather. And we've really enjoyed having Virgin Mobile Broadband to go--read about it on Croft's Mexico (blog). Here is the link: http://croftsmexico.blogspot.com/search?q=mifi  $40 a month, no contract, unlimited broadband, and with their Mifi router, we can have up to 5 devices online at once, as long as they are closer than about 30 ft from the router. Since I don't have a data plan on my unlocked Rogers Samsung Captivate with AT&T sim card, I just slip the Mifi router into my shirt pocket and I'm a walking hotspot. I can be connected to the internet wherever there is Sprint 3g coverage (Virgin Mobile uses the Sprint network)--and that's most places we've been so far. There have been some connectivity problems, but Tech Support has walked me through the solution. That has been just great!

No really good thrift stores, yet, Leah reports...but that's not for want of trying!

Best food: On the Border Mexican restaurant. Surprisingly, it's a chain!

Runner up: Cracker Barrel. Yes, Leonora, really!
Oh...here's a better picture of Jazzy:

That's enough for the first post. Please forgive any noobie mistakes.


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