Today was just a travel day, so this will be a short post. We spent over 500 long, long miles traveling from New Mexico to Texas! We drove through mostly flatlands, with a few hills and farms mixed in, but there really wasn't a whole lot to see. We were on I-25 until about Las Cruces, NM and then I-10 for the rest of the day. I have to say, I-10 is one boring road through western Texas! Very flat, very brown, very boring! There is literally nothing to look at for most of that road! The speed limit is 80!! Yikes! You know everyone around here must be doing 90...too fast even for me!
We did, however, have a couple of diversions today. We passed a sign for the town of Truth or Consequences, NM...yes, we had to drive through! It's a small town with a nice Main St, a couple of museums and hot springs. Not a very exciting stop, but I looked it up tonight and apparently it was at one time known as Hot Springs. In 1950 Ralph Edwards wondered if a town in America would change its name to Truth or Consequences in honor of the tv show. The town held an election and did change the name...only in America! We also had to go through a Border Patrol Inspection Station after entering Texas. Not much of a delay, but interesting.
So, that's our day. Not very exciting, but we covered the ground we planned with no problems so it was a good day. After entering Texas our state count is 19 and we've driven 6, 797 miles in 21 days!
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Wow, that's a lot of driving! Have a Shiner for me while you're in Texas. Dad will like it! The rain has finally stopped here (for the time being at least) so you should be able to get to the ATL without a boat. See you this weekend!
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see you! Hopefully the rain will hold off while we're there...but if not, we'll enjoy our visit anyway! I can't wait to see you guys!
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