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Day 27: Go West Young Man!
Route: From Tucumcari, NM to Cortez, Colorado (CO)
Kilometres: 874
We had another longer day of driving ahead of us, so we decided to start the day right with a diner right down the road called "Kix on 66" – yet another delicious meal with ever-flowing coffee and excellent Mexican scramble and burrito. We took a few more pics of …
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