Days Inn Clayton

We left home this morning at 8:45.  We waited until later to leave so that we wouldn't hit the morning traffic through Fort Worth.  The weather is sunny and hot.  Temperature showed 104 at the highest.  We stopped for lunch at a roadside picnic area and fixed a sandwich in the 5th wheel.  We stopped just before Quannah on Hwy 287.  We arrived at Dalhart around ...

We are barely into Colorado and the weather has cooled down and the scenery is so very pretty. It's really just another travel day on the way to our final destination of Banff and Jasper with a short stop at Glacier National Park, the loveliest of the national parks we have visited.

This blog is mostly for family so others may find it a little boring!

Took some roadside pictures and also visit the Capulin Volcanoe. We both hiked to bottom and back to earn our medallions for our sticks. He actually hike the over 1 mile all around the top of the cone!

After that we drove to Raton for some mexican food at El Matador, covered in green chili! Christopher said those were the best sopapillas he has ever had.

Made the mistake of not filling up when I turned onto a U.S. highway. Just to play it stay I stopped at the Gladstone Country Mercantile. I prepaid for my gas and she told me to pump it to 3.6 gallons. I've never measured out my gas on the honor system out of an above ground tank. There is a first time for everything!

We had hoped to make it a bit further - however, the Yukon had a leaky tire that needed to get fixed and cost us about 2 hours dealing with that. It turned out to be a good thing! We missed a severe storm with hail and heavy winds near Tucumcari, NM - which was our original destination for the night!

How many times do you step into a brand new town and directly into a rockin' party? We lucked out in Raton because the Cinco de Mayo festival was in full swing in the park--courtesy of the Hispanic band Los Diamontes/The Diamonds who provided great dance music. I convinced Mr. B.E. to join me on the tarmack for a few tunes, including "Juanita the Dancing Cubanita" in which we were joined by a Cuban dance couple ...

Adrian is know for being the geographical midpoint of Route 66. It is also known for the MidPoint Cafe. This one was recommended by many people and it was an excellant stop. We were told to talk to Fran and she was the first person we saw. She was a very nice lady that gave us great help and info. Apparently, Europeans got back on to ...

... top you can follow a trail that takes you to a place called Inspiration Point where there is a memorial to Helen Hunt Jackson. Helen Hunt Jackson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts and came west after the death of her husband and sons. She was a author in the late 1800's who wrote a book about the mistreatment of the Indians. I had never The trail was a mile long and about half way up I had to stop and listen to the sounds of God's music ...

Today we left Amarillo heading north. The first stop was Boy's Ranch. We had a delightful visit there. We got to see some of the Kids, and we visited the visitors center. We drove out and looked at some of buildings. I took some photos that I will post. Nest stop was Dalhart to get gas then on to Boice city OK. Lunch at the only fast food place ...

After finally getting underway around noon, we headed west across north Texas and into the upper panhandle. Stopped for quick picnic just south of Wichita Falls. Then headed west. Our observations - lots of cows, and corn, and wheat fields and more cows. It was fun hearing the boys complain about the smell as we passed one of many big cattle pens across the area. Dinner was in Amarillo ...