When we walked out of the hotel in Shawnee this morning, the 15 Degree temperature (not counting the wind chill) hit us in the face and actually made of think twice about this move across the US for the first time. As we hit the road, the snow flurries came quickly and we prayed harder than we have prayed the whole trip. As soon as we made it to Texas, the snow seemed to subside and we continued the "nothing but cattle and farm land for as far as the eye could see"... One common theme of the day was: "Wow, there sure is a whole lot of nothing out here". At one point in Texas, we started down a small slope and Kelley said, "what is that up there? It looks like a junk yard but something other than cars..." We soon found out is was nothing but cattle, all corralled up and awaiting the slaughter house. Pretty weird to be right on the Interstate. We thought we would never make it through Texas (I really think a mile is actually longer in Texas than any other state!!) Our outlook really changed once we crossed the boarder into New Mexico. As we crested the first major hill and started the decent, the most beautiful scenery appeared out of nowhere (see posted picture). We finally made the stop for the night in Tucumcari, NM and had a great time driving around the small town and checking out the old, rustic scenery. The Big K is the extent of shopping here and a handful of restaurants. We decided to go authentic and ate dinner at Del's Restaurant...they had great Mexican food. We plan on traveling through Albuquerque tomorrow and finding a room in Gallup, NM (or maybe venture closer to the "Four Corners" sight we plan on visiting Saturday...). Thank you guys for your prayers and we hope you enjoy this blog. Please feel free to leave us a comment, especially if you have advice or have traveled these parts before.
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