I hope I’m not jinxing our luck by saying this, but so far
this trip has been a snap. No bad
weather on the road, no traffic problems, no car trouble, no roachy
hotels. Of course, we’re not real
demanding. If the towels and sheets are
clean and the AC works, it’s all good. Meals
so far have been free hotel breakfasts, sandwiches from the cooler and lots of
barbecue. Probably ought to sit down at
a restaurant and have a salad before too much longer.
The van is comfy for all of us – the driver
and shotgun, the passenger in the lounge in the back, and Avon on his dog bed
in the middle. He’s a good traveler,
happy to be walked every now and then, and happy to get back in the van where
it’s not 90+ in the shade. Which it has
been everywhere along our route so far.
He gets walks regularly because we set a two-hour max rule
for the driver and we’re sticking to it.
That way no one gets tired. And
Avon gets to stretch his legs. Then the
road goes on forever.
We’re sticking to the basic route, but readjusting our
stopovers to the schedule. We just spent
one night in Memphis, drove across Arkansas after Graceland and stayed near
Fort Smith. Friday we’re going to see
the Oklahoma City memorial but then keep going to Amarillo, which makes the
Saturday leg to Santa Fe easier.
Wide open spaces.
Into Oklahoma on Friday morning.
Everywhere we’ve been is green and lush.
Rivers and lakes are full or overflowing. Shame you can’t tilt the country to the left
temporarily and let some of the overflow top off the western reservoirs.
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