We left Santa Fe this morning, heading for Texas. By the time we made it to I-40, we had a nice tailwind. Nothing major, but it bumped our mpg to better than 12. That all changed around Tucumcari... the temperature dropped over 30º in less than 10 miles and the wind shifted from about 15 on the tail to 30-35 mph just off the nose!
Big Red and the HitchHiker are well matched and have great road manners. The strong winds didn't bother us much... other than the BIG drop in mpg when we drove through the cold front. A cold rain followed the wind. We are down for the night in a nice park in Amarillo. It's supposed to get into the 30s tonight (48º as I write this), but we're comfortable with the fireplace running and a bunch of channels on the cable TV... no desire to go out for supper this evening.
Little Izzy thought she wanted to go for a walk... until Joan opened the door and let her feel the cold wind and rain... yeah, it's nice and comfy in here. ;-)
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