You? And your achy old bones? Yes, but I am not referring to that. The original plan had us heading toward Amarillo after leaving Albuquerque... similar mileage, but better weather if we turn north instead. New destination for today: somewhere just south of Pueblo, Colorado. In the great circle routing, either way works. It has been a long time since we've been up the east side of New Mexico and over Raton Pass.
I learned that Albuquerque drivers are just as bad as El Paso drivers. For the decades that we went through El Paso to get to Phoenix from the Tropical Tip, I dreaded that 40 mile stretch of road. Albuquerque this morning was an excrement show, with lane-jumping, no turn signals, and people completely ignoring the speed limit. I was relieved to get through there in one piece.
Yeah, yeah, crazy drivers... what about the cats? Thanks for asking. They have not completely settled in. Stella hid out for most of the morning, then laid in her carrier on Joan's lap for the afternoon...
Murphy took up residence in the driver's side door foot well...
Rolling into Albuquerque from the west...
Traffic was very heavy, but thinned out when we got north of the city...
Vegas, baby! We stopped in Las Vegas for lunch - no, not that Las Vegas; the one in New Mexico...
There were some pretty areas as we climbed in elevation...
We were close to 8,000' elevation when we cross Raton Pass. Joan was aghast at a couple exits on the downhill side, with a 10 and a 15 mph exit speed on steep curves...
Welcome to Colorado...
Since this was a change in itinerary, we checked out overnights along the way - settled on a Love's RV Stop, booked a site on-line, and looked forward to Godfather's Pizza (in the Love's Travel Center) for supper.
This RV Stop is across the road from the Love's Travel Center; Joan picked a site that puts us away from the trucks coming and going on that road. Lots of empty sites here...
We were off the road about 4 hours earlier than yesterday. Time to chill.
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