Part 1: Stranded

Our main goal for Christmas was to be at home so that Holton could get enjoy the whole process of waking up, going down stairs and seeing everything that Santa left him.

That was our mission when we started the trip back home. Little did we know, we'd all end up spending Christmas Eve and Christmas day in our car. Our traveling party included Adam, Holton, me, Mom and Dad, and Patrick and Amanda.

The roads weren't exactly picture perfect when we left Colorado, but we made pretty good time all things considered.



Obviously it's a long drive from CO to TX, so we spent the night in Albuquerque, New Mexico. We all had a good night sleep and we headed out on Christmas Eve with the plan for us to be in Dallas around 7 PM.

Once we got further south, the roads started to get worse. Friends & family in Dallas were telling us about the snow and ice they were experiencing. Well, here is some of what we saw on our journey.


We also hit a major stand still somewhere in NM. It was terrible. We were stuck for so long that Amanda got out when to ask the truckers what they knew. LOL - this is the pic I took of her coming back to our truck.

And here we are so relieved and happy to finally be moving again. Oh boy, was that short lived.

Once we hit Texas, things got more and more dicey.




We took the drive slow and easy still hoping to make it home on Christmas Eve. We even adjusted our ETA to a more reasonable 12AM, but we were still planning on making it home. Not so much...