New Mexico & Texas.....

(Notice: due to unfortunate circumstances (called leaving our camera at a museum) any pictures in this particular posting will be lifted from the internet)

On the way out of Winslow,there was a semi truck on fire on the interstate, so it took us about an hour to really get on the road "ballin' the jack". (That's trucker-speak for driving really fast).

All through New Mexico was filled with red rock mountains and were particularly beautiful as the sun was rising. Cactus and sand mixed with snow and some red and blue and pink splashed on the mountains.

We stopped off in Albuquerque and the trusty Walmart. My back pack holding my journal, book, lotions....you know....things needed on the road.

Back on the road and we made it to Santa Rosa which is a cute little Route 66 town. We ate in an old diner on the original route 66 that has been in operation since it opened in the late 50's. Great food, both "diner fare" (chicken fried steak, open face turkey sandwiches, pie, etc) and really good mexican food.

We were thinking of going to the R66 car museum next morning, but neither of us really like the old classic cars too much so we decided to get on the road.

We stopped off in a town called Tucemcari. (Tew-come-carry). There is a very famous motel, probably the most famous on R66, called the Blue Swallow motel.

The hotel is completely restored to it's Route 66 glory and is about to re-open to the public. We walked around the property and took lots of pictures. Travelling the way it used to be.....

After that, we were back on the road. We drove through Texas at the top and along side the highway just outside Amarillo is the Cadillac Ranch. A guy, in the name of "art" up-ended 10 cadilacs and cemented them into the ground. People come from miles around to this site just to observe, or scratch their names in the paint or even to pain a message on the car, sort of like some kind of funky, Route 66 Stonehenge or something.

Check back for an update: Visited the Oklahoma City Memorial, and fun through Arkansas.

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