We drove a whopping 375 miles (and then some) to get here. It took just about 8 hours to get here with all the stops we made in between. However, the stops we made were all fun!
After our stop at the trading post we drove for a while and decided we wanted to go to the Route 66 Museum. This was a really cool stop too once we found it! We saw a working juke box, classic cars through the decades, and some really great gas pumps. The gift shop was, of course, all things Route 66. Brenda got a really cool t-shirt and I got some red dice to go in my car (when I get one).
During breakfast at the hotel this morning, Brenda mentioned she wanted to see Shamrock, a small town in Texas that became famous for it's Conco Tower appearing in the movie Cars. That was a really awesome stop. We were only going to stop long enough to take some pictures but we found a Dairy Queen and stayed longer than expected. Also going through Texas, we saw the world's largest cross. They aren't lying when they say it's the biggest. You can see it coming miles away and when you finally get to where it is you can hardly believe your eyes! If you want to find out more about the 19 story cross you can click here.
Something else that was really mind blowing about Texas was that you could see even farther because of the gently rolling hills. It was
amazing how far you can see. I would have loved to spend some more time there, maybe even take a horse back ride through some of the area.
We finally reached New Mexico after a long day of driving. But what we didn't realize until we got to our hotel room was that we went through another time change. That's right, we are now in the mountain time zone! While it's only 11pm here, it's 1am at home. I don't think I will ever get tired of that novelty!Tomorrow we will be headed toward Gallup. That's another 300 miles and we won't even be going into another state!
Galloping in New Mexico,
Kim
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