Moving From One State To Another.

Our Location today is at Cracker Barrel in Amarillo Texas.

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Even though I got to bed closer to 1:00 this morning after having a shower I was up before 7:00 packing away our Computers. I then started to get things ready for breakfast. By that time Kathy came downstairs to join me even though she’d had a restless night. As per usual on Travel Days we discussed our planned route which gave our Coffee/Tea time to cool and us time to drink it.

As mentioned when we were leaving Deming going through the routine of shutting down our Utilities adds to the Time it takes for us to be on the road. Everything has a place to be stored and we made certain that’s where they went. It was nearly 10:00 by the time we rolled out of the Town and Country RV Park in Roswell.

Since we had already researched our route when our GPS wanted us to head south we immediately Vetoed that idea. It wasn’t until we were within a mile of the Highway Ramp that it realized we knew where we wanted to go.

Heading east on US-70 the Hills we had been getting used to on Thursday started flattening out. We would only see the odd Hill in the next Hundred Miles. There were a lot of Abandoned Buildings along the way adding a touch of desolation to some of the landscape. Having gotten up too early this morning Kathy rested her eyes for about Ten Minutes just before lunch. That was when we entered the town of Portales, New Mexico.

We had driven through this town Two Years ago but didn’t stop. Even though this is a small Town it shows that the residents take pride in their community by adding a touch of Humour to their Welcoming Sign. Since we’d had a Lite Breakfast and it was already 12:30 when I saw the large parking lot at Burger King that was where we pulled in.

Walking through a nearly empty parking lot we figured we would be back on the road soon. When we walked in the back door we knew we were wrong. The place was packed with mostly young Teenagers hanging around with their friends on a Saturday. Within Ten Minutes we had given our order then Five Minutes later we were enjoying our meals.

The Teenagers were coming and going but they were all polite with only an occasional laugh louder then their conversations. The streets had been nearly deserted when we came into town but looking out the front Window as we ate it was filled with Hundreds of these young students and only a few middle aged to senior citizens.

Back on the road we stopped before leaving town to top up our Diesel since we didn’t know what was ahead. Better to be Safe then Sorry and run low or have to pay Exorbitant Prices further up the road. Of course just a Mile up the road we found prices a bit cheaper.

It wasn’t much longer and we left US-70 to take US-60 where within a short distance we crossed into Texas. Since this was not a large Interstate that we were on there was only a Two Foot High silhouette of the state of Texas located close to Twenty Feet from the edge of the road which made it impossible for Kathy to get a picture of. It also meant that we were now in Central Time Zone making it so that we are only an Hour different then back in McGregor.

More Stock Yards

You could definitely tell that we were in Texas as we passed a number of large Stockyards where Thousands upon Thousands of Cattle are being fattened up before they make their final trip to someone’s Dinner Plate. 

A little further up the road we first thought that something in the distance was on Fire. Then we noticed it changing positions on the horizon. That was when we realized what we were seeing was One Huge Dust Devil and we were driving in its direction. I just let up on the accelerator when about a Half Mile away it crossed the Highway only to disappear.

As we approached Amarillo where we had planned on only stopping for supper we noticed Construction in every direction we looked. Our GPS was trying to take us on Ramps and Streets that were blocked off. When Kathy finally spotted a Cracker Barrel that was the direction we headed.

Four More RVs besides these Two spent the night at CB.

We are too long to fit in their RV and Bus Parking Spots and there were Cars that also park there making it difficult for RVs to park. We just parked along the curb near the rear of their lot. We enjoyed our meal but were just too tired to get back on the road. After 222.7 Miles we called it a night and will see how far we can get tomorrow. Thank you for following along and feel free to leave a comment.

Be Safe and Enjoy!

It’s about time.

Krackers

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