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| That will teach me not to mention rain! |
Yeah, that’s what we should have done. But no, I (this is Davis speaking) decided we needed to move, and as soon as we did the sky opened up and the wind blew us sideways and we were soaked through and through, luckily still in our PJs. So we connected and pulled up to the bathhouse to shower. By the time we were through the storm was almost through, and off we went, another 204 miles to the west to a little town called Tucumcari, New Mexico.
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They decorate their signs, retaining walls and bridges with beautiful Indian artwork |
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| So that's where they grow cars! |
We are about 30 miles into New Mexico, and about 170 miles from Santa Fe, our destination for tomorrow and the next couple of days.
We stopped in Amarillo, Texas for a cash infusion from Wells Fargo and some fuel for the truck. The landscape down I-40 was flat, flat, flat and very sparsely populated. From huge farms we gradually moved into brush lands and not a sign of life. The altitude kept creeping up; each time I would look at the GPS we were going up but you sure could not tell from the landscape, did I mention that it was flat?
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...and this is where they grow telephone
and electric poles |
We are now over 4000 feet in altitude, and should climb to about 6500 feet tomorrow. Hills are in sight so the scenery should be more varied. We also went back another hour when we crossed into New Mexico, so we are now 2 hours behind the east coast and 1 hour ahead of the west coast... somebody else can figure out the rest of the times.
(Heather speaking) That will teach me to claim someone can’t buy a rainy day! It whipped our “butts” good! I felt kinda stupid taking a shower after that soaking, but anyway . . .
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| Beautiful! |
Tonight our campsite is very nice with a view of what I would call a Mesa (see pictures and correct me if I’m wrong). Of course I had to do some more laundry but the low humidity, warm sunshine and strong winds have everything dry in no time.
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| Prettiest rest stop yet! |
An interesting thing they have in Texas along Int 40 - Safety Rest Areas - where truck drivers (or anyone else for that matter) can pull off the road and stay safely to take a nap or sleep overnight. Very wise. They also had information inside about those windmills that have fascinated me so much! They produce electricity without
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| About a thousand cows (or do I mean steers). |
taking up much land - cattle and crops can share the space with them.
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| Home sweet 45th-day home. |
Not much doing tonight except catching up on the Blog and e-mails. Early to bed as our bodies are still on Central time. We’ll probably be awakened by Precious early because she refuses to rest her watch!
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| 'nuff said! |
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