I thought I would be able to outrun the weather front and make it to the other side of San Antonio before it hit. I was mistaken. Twenty more miles and I would be able to leave today for NOLA, but as darkness fell on San Antonio yesterday, the weather took a turn for the worse. By the time I drove into NW San Antonio from Tucson on I-10, ice was already starting to accumulate on the roads. I-10 was closed and I couldn't make it to the hostel, so I stopped at the intersection of 1604 and I-10 for the night. In the morning, it had only gotten worse. My alternate route out was closed, I-10 was closed and I did not want to take the chance of getting stuck on some unknown surface road
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