We have finally made it to New Mexico, after a long flat ride across Oklahoma and Texas. We stayed in a very beautiful, yet very run down and ghost-town like place in Oklahoma last night. The most happenin' and well kept looking place in town was "Tease: a Gentleman's Club". That speaks for itself and I have nothing more to say about that.
Our drive the previous day through Arkansas was quite pretty, a nice surprise, as I didn't know what to expect from Arkansas. We had a stop at a Whole Foods in Little Rock, on the way to which I saw a swamp with cyprus along the banks of the Arkansas River. Oh, and something I have been wanting to mention, is the 7th member of our van trip, VANessa, the lady who gives us directions on our GPS unit that is part of the van. She is quite helpful and annoying all at the same time, just like every other member of this adventure (hehehehe). But we really have all been getting along quite nicely so far, the kids are not super psyched about the long (9 hour) days of being in the van, but we will stop sooner tomorrow and take it easy for the next few days to avoid total burnout.
We are currently staying in Tucumcari, NM, which is closer to Amarillo, TX than Albuquerque, a rather dusty town along I-40. I am already feeling at ease in this landscape, with the flat grasslands of Texas dropping off and giving way to the short tree woodland and then arid shrubs of eastern New Mexico. I saw so many dead deer on the side of I-40 in Texas today, it was quite eerie, there were actually about 10 within the first mile of being in Texas...very bizzar. Yesterday I saw many raptors perched in trees on the side of the highway in Arkansas, and a few today as well. There were also hundreds of Turkey Vultures riding the rising heat waves over the highway yesterday, it was quite a sight!
Tomorrow morning we are going to check out a dinosaur museum that the local community college has opened in this town and then head on out to check out some places in New Mexico, perhaps Santa Fe, Taos, Silver City, or others? We have come all this way, so why not! It is starting to get warmer and warmer the further west we get, I have stored the snow boots, hats and down jackets in a harder-to-access spot, and am realizing now that we are all going to be sweating profusely if we don't find ourselves some t-shirts and shorts to wear! We got the kids some sandals today, and I have been wearing my sandals for a few days now. Ah how nice it is not to be bundled up to go outside.....
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