Comfort Inn Tucumcari

... I guess. Even their roadside crosses. Texas is home of the Western hemisphere's largest cross. Tonight we have settled in at the Palamino motel in Tucumcari, New Mexico.   We will be arriving in Santa Fe tomorrow. My best friend, Elania, used to live out there and so we will be staying with her folks(who are probably the nicest people on the planet). I haven't seen them in years so I'm very excited! 

For the romantic, the legend says that Tocum lost the battle for Cari's hand, at which point Cari killed herself. Her father the chief, distraught over this turn of events, also killed himself saying "Tocum-Cari, Tocum-Cari". It's probably some mundane thing like lookoutpoint, or buffalo hunt, but for the dreamer in us. Having left Ok City early this ...

... beans and corn were the home-spun meal Jose Luis was looking for, while the Chicken fajitas hit the spot for me. Interesting that this was another dry town, no wine, beer, just ice tea or sodas. We will be heading through Arizona tomorrow with our last stop before we arrive in Las Vegas

... to make a cuppa. With our cuppa in hand (generator off) we sat outside on a picnic beach to soak up the sun and warmth, (no wind) and simply enjoy being. This was a great relaxed spot to enjoy the wonderful gifts nature and many eons of time have presented in this spot. Little wonder the Native Americans used it as a retreat and camp ground. In fact this was a place of one of the last battlegrounds between the Calvary and the Comanche Native tribes. The Natives had taken up ...

We had planned on leaving Roswell early and picking up Ti in Albuquerque this morning, but just as we were packing up we received a call from Ti that he had missed his flight. This news interfered with my carefully laid out itinerary, but it actually improved our day. Instead of rushing to Albuquerque, we were able to take our time and watch Venus beat Serena at Wimbledon. Instead of spending half the day driving west to ...

Now we officially started our Route 66 self-guided tour. We began from Tucumcari, NM with the hopes of checking out their dinosaur museum. Unfortunately, the museum was closed due to it being a Monday as well as a holiday. The rest of the city was not impressive so we decided to move on back to TX via the historic Route 66.

Of all the neon signs along 66, this one is probably the most famous. Even people not that familiar with 66 might recognize this one. Unfortunatley, we pulled in for the night and the sign is turned off. We new that the hotel was closed until spring but hoped it ...

... preparing mentally and physically for another day of driving. Google says it is 5 1/2 hours drive to OKC, plus I lose 2 hours changing time zones. I haven't had to eat out too much as I brought food with me and have been munching on it since I left. I will get on the road now before it gets too hot.

... evening I am in a little KOA cabin in Tucumcari New Mexico. While Sebastian was out defending his territory from another cat, I had a local visitor. A tarantula, I will try to send the photos of this shy creature. It wanted to come right in and say hello but quickly ran away when I went toward it. I went and got kitty away from his black ...

Today started with a monster parade. The whole town turned out for this event. Marty got to ride on the 1957 "float" (A semi with folding chairs). Photos to follow. The school mascot is a rattlesnake, and he got to ride in the car with the parade marshal. They rode around town for about an hour and one-half. They must have covered ...