En Route to Las Vegas – Day 5

Miles Driven: 2393.4
Hours spent in car today: more than 8 Total: more than 34.5
States covered today: Texas, New Mexico
Funniest signs today: “No livestock in unloading zone” at a rest stop, “FREE ARROWHEAD” in large black letters on a white billboard that failed to specify where one could pick up this free souvenir, and “Albuquerque Next 19 Exits”
Best part of the day: the scenery – plains, plateaus, mountains, buttes, lava, etc
Cool things we did today: Crossed into a new Time Zone, watched the land go from flat to rocky, stopped in Tucumcari, NM to see the Rte. 66 Auto Museum, drove for awhile on Historic Route 66, ate lunch at Tortilla Flats in Santa Fe, stopped at a store called Jackalope in Santa Fe, drove through Old Town Santa Fe
Worst part of the day: my pulled muscle in my leg hurts
Current location: Gallup, NM
Miles to Las Vegas: approximately 465??

Lisa DeNoia, author of Coastlined, blogging on and off since 2003. Jersey Girl in Virginia Beach. Entrepreneur, technology innovator, photographer, figure skater, traveler, sailor, avid lover of books. Guardian of Benny, also pictured above.

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