We hadn't been gone 30 minutes when the skies got really dark and we got to view an extravegant electrical storm. Then the bottom fell out.
Dean had to slow way down and we crawled through Las Cruses.
A few miles out, the rain slowed and we were able to pick up speed. The road wound among the foot hills and the scenery was interesting. There was a lot of green from all the rains we have been having. Several of the feeder roads were flooded in spots as streams of runoff were making there way through the fields in the lower areas.
Suddenly as we went around a corner Dean had to slam on the brakes. The waters were rushing along the base of one of the hills and had started to cover the road. In several places the water was rushing across the road and into the median which looked like a river. Small cars had stopped in the only dry areas - which were actually the only large enough for the 3 cars that had stopped there.
I called 9-1-1 and they said they were on their way.
Dean looked around and said we have to go through it now. He said the way it was rising it was only going to get worse. I started praying and he started driving. I also took some photos which I will post later on.
then it was on to Santa Fe again
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