Well the winds died down overnight to their ‘normal’ levels. Normal for this part of the country is breezy and gusty. Wednesday & Thursday were way above normal but today, Friday was pretty pleasant. Sooo, we were able to leave the small town of Socorro, New Mexico and head towards Amarillo, Texas; taking the scenic us 60 route of course.
The weather was still a little strange for this time of year. The same front that brought the high winds brought in much cooler temperatures; all the way down into the 40’s & 50’s during the day. Didn’t feel that cold since the sun was shining however at one point we drove through very light snow. So light it hardly left any water on the windshield; instead the flakes evaporated almost as soon as they hit the glass. Still, pretty strange to see snow flakes with the temperature around 42.
The drive itself was uneventful. We stayed on US-60 for about 170 miles and then jumped on Interstate 40. US 60 is just a two lane road that tracks west to east almost all the time. It wanders through some of the prettiest high desert country you can find. New Mexico is a beautiful state and Mary Lynn and I want to spend some more time exploring it’s incredible history.
Plus the road itself is in much better shape than Interstate 40. It’s a shame really. With all the money spent on improving the Interstates you would think the roads would be in much better shape. After driving the smooth surface of US 60, I-40 felt like a test track for off-road suspensions.
We hit the New Mexico – Texas border about 70 miles west of Amarillo. Everyone knows Texas is big but it’s hard to remember how big. Usually when you enter a new state they have a visitor’s information center to welcome you and provide tourism oriented information. In fact, on the other side of the interstate, for those people headed west and just entering New Mexico, there was a very nice visitor’s center within the first mile.
Well, when we saw the sign for the Texas Information we just started laughing because it told us the information center was 76 mile away. We hit Amarillo and we have yet to pass the information center – however I’m sure it’s excellent!.
Tonight we are at the Oasis RV Park in Amarillo Texas. Of course we had to go into Amarillo to The Steak Barn – not much of a name but the steaks and onion rings are so good you’ll want to cry for your mama (or at least order more onion rings).
Tomorrow we’ll travel the rest of the way to Tulsa. I can’t wait to see our son Christopher and Daughter-in-law Rachael. Plus we get to visit their new church where Christopher took over as the youth minister. Christopher is also into photography and he wants to go out and shoot some photo’s after church. Should be a lot of fun. He sent me a link to some of his work and it’s really good. As they say in the photo biz: “He has a great eye”.
I’ll see if he’ll let me post a link/some of his pictures.
See Ya!
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