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Monday, October 16, 2023

08/31/2023 - Day 77 Rio Rancho, NM Stagecoach Stop RV Park

It’s Thursday and we’re leaving Rio Ranch, NM and heading to Amarillo, TX. 
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We decided to leave early (like REAL EARLY!) to avoid the Albuquerque rush hour traffic. So, we left a little after 5:00 a.m. (mountain time). Amarillo is about 300 miles, so we got our “to go” coffee cups and a carafe for our “2nd cup” and hit the road. Goodbye to the last full moon in NM:https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1cUZhnsnVApbCgRZHCNdKlU1nlFcxw626
And Good Morning to another sunrise:https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1b_FnqKv1g3ZEpwyCzM3Xht7Ol-zjTP9x
The following pics do not do justice to the sun rising over the horizon as we leave NMhttps://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1zgNdf7G8TRXyj0pk44Nb1iMPllrIXW0i https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1FHU2kWxe80hxvTyH5jK2Q9h4CV9072dW https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1ZJHAqv4Za4oF7XSrpbCK58pO2PRho4sT But these are  my favorite: (except for the snake warning!)https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1LxaSfKiBpGZKIaeBT4umph5_2NvEcpkK https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1mghyG3ZTE5-_IlPO7Fp77wqylj4gkgrm https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1BVUgmiu0pe9cgC8xF8AX3Q61oCjvZlu3
I like this “leaving NM” sign: https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1-knYj3pRG5pz847-T_l3-Fkm4e4oAM4H And of course someone’s taking a selfie at the welcome to TX sign:https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1CBAAfkWcBsXO_ZccGPhIyv_4-7Y-eBHr
We made it to Amarillo after stopping for a “picnic” lunch first. I looked for snakes before we sat down for lunch and sure enough there was a dead snake on the slab where our table was! I didn’t get a pic, and thank God it wasn’t a rattlesnake, but it was a snake! And, thank God it was dead! (I DON’T DO SNAKES!!!, but I’ll kill a roach in a heartbeat! I was raised in Miami! LOL) https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1DapcGI9b2Oz-95ZsGvEaVwHhaFNXyrCN
But…on the way here, there was a truck hauling Catfish! I’ve never seen such a thing & it really surprised me! I never thought about people raising catfish and shipping it to places. But, then… think about Cracker Barrel and their catfish. Hmmmm, it never crossed my mind. God Bless our Truckers! https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=14VyWg1PaFwawyLzKlrbotj3o3mT_-zNA
Anyway, we got here in by 12:30 (TX is in Central Time) so, we gained an hour. (Now we’re only 1 hour behind east coast). Thankful our FL, SC loved ones are safe from Hurricane Idalia ! https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1_D1k1fbRpc-j5ettYVQ58rYZaWY7nGEh
Hopefully, I’ll get Mr Charley to drive us to some cool Amarillo sights.
Have a good one everybody. 






 
































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