You know you might be from Texas

The carful of kids are from Texas and occasionally we herd cattle on the side of the highway to help a fellow Texan.  That is what we did this morning on our way out of town.

While driving on Highway 183 outside of Lampasas, a cow falls out of it's trailer right in front of the carful of kids.  How a cow falls out of it's trailer at 60 mph is one of the great questions of the universe.  The cow did bounce a bit but walked off the highway, I am happy to report.

We like to help when we can so we hit the hazards and get out of the truck.  We are off to rope some cattle because another one is on the loose.   It's in our blood being Texans, right?

We are not all cowboys and roping cattle isn't easy, but we did help corner a couple of cows.  More people jumped out of their cars to help the real cowboy rope his escaped cattle.

After the cowboying pit stop, we are back on the road.  The carful of kids is headed to see the snow of Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Anyone who knows the carful of kids, knows we are a snow curse.  Every year, we plan a trip to do a little skiing and snowboarding and wait for the snow to fall.

We wait and we wait and the snow does not fall.  In the past, the carful of kids has slid down hills of ice glaze and learned to ski on snow cone mush covered hills.

The carful of kids are not snow snobs at this point and anything cold and white would be great.  At last the curse has lifted and there is natural snow covering the mountains of Santa Fe.

Snow is falling right now and the rest of the week is clear with highs in the low 40's.  Yea!  This makes a carful of kids so happy.

We start driving early and hope to reach to Santa Rosa, New Mexico, tonight.  We don't want to drive with snow falling in the mountains after dark.

We are from Texas and we might herd cattle on the side of the highway.  We will leave the treacherous winter driving to those who know what they are doing.