1/25 I spent half of this first travel day in the desert, and the other half in the dark. It was so pitch dark that I thought I must have been driving between tall standing, very dark trees of the densest forest, but looking to the side, outside of my light cone, I could see, or somehow discern, that I was driving through that same desert with its vast plains all around me. Also, as it got dark, the snow started, and also, all other cars disappeared. I was alone. The snow formed gentle veils across the asphalt at first, but soon covered all of it, and with the road markings gone, it was not entirely clear where the road even was. That was only for a few minutes though. And I was alone only in the sense that there was no car going in my direction, but every few minutes I saw a pair of oncoming lights approaching. Temperature dropped to 7F. Jeep doing alright. Except – and next time I know this when buying from a dealer in Arizona – the wiper fluid froze, since it was clearly not rated for this kind of temperature. Arrived at Tucumcari 10.15pm.