Route 66, Buttes, & Storms

What a great day we had today. We started out this morning around 9. The Oasis RV Resort owner recommended a stop at the Mid Point Café in Adrian, TX. It’s on the old Rt 66 highway. We took his advice. Photos to follow, and they will be much better than any description I could provide.

While we were there it was like a mini United Nations. There were two gentlemen from Italy (touring the U.S. on motorcycles), a couple from Spain, two young men from Sweden, and two other couples from England, and us. We had a nice breakfast, and enjoyed the nostalgic items in the Café’s Gift Shop.

But I need to digress a bit. We stopped for gas first thing this morning, before getting back on the interstate. A nice lady gave us a big smile and waved as we pulled into the pumps. We thought she was just a very friendly Texan. But as it turned out she was from NY also. She was driving to Tucson, AZ, where she will relocate. But she was from Syracuse, which is only about 25 miles from our home. Proving once again that it is a small world after all!! We exchanged emails, and wished her a safe trip, and lots of luck in her new home.

Then on the road again…we saw miles and miles of nothing for the first half of the day. We counted a total of nine trees from our RV Park in Amarillo to the New Mexico state line. But later in the day we began to see antelope. We spotted one before Santa Rosa, and several more immediately after we left it. While in Santa Rosa, we took a few minutes to visit a Trout Farm. It was 100 degrees. So needless to say, we didn’t stay long.

Mid afternoon we spotted another Outback 5er heading east on I-40. We were about 85 miles east of Albuquerque when I spotted it. I guess I got a little excited because DH requested that I try to control myself when sighting future Outbacks. I promised to try.

After all the flat land we’ve been through in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, it was a welcome site to begin seeing objects more than 20 feet high. I’m talking about buttes. We’ll post a photo of the first one we saw.

And then the storm came…as I said earlier, temps had reached 100 degrees as we barreled down I-40. We stopped in a tourist trap along the interstate just to stretch our legs. While we were ‘shopping’ we had thunder and lightning, and a heavy downpour. So we waited until the rain let up a bit, and headed for the truck. As we pulled back onto the highway it began to rain again. Before it was over, the temp had dropped from 100 to 63 degrees, and we drove through wind, rain, and hail, with thunder and lightning all around us. Sal said thank God no locusts!!!

Unfortunately as we drove on into and through Albuquerque, the temp rose to 95 again. But we’re staying in a nice park where there are lots of shade trees, and a wonderful breeze (American RV Park). The air is very dry, so even though the temps are high, it’s actually cooler to open the windows and let the breeze blow through than to wait for the A/C to cool the 5er down.

We took some pics of the storm, or maybe I should say that I took the pics while Sal drove. So I guarantee nothing as there is only one photographer in our family, and it is not me. But the storm was very interesting to watch. So I tried to capture it. Sal will judge whether the pics are worth posting and if so, we’ll add some to the blog.

Time to settle in for the evening. Thanks for traveling with us…
Fay

P.S. For our RV friends, American RV is a very nice park. Restrooms and showers are very clean, and as stated previously, there are lots of shade trees. They have a pool, spa and game room, and serve a Continental breakfast each morning for their guest. We would stay here again.