We left Decatur this morning and drove just to Amarillo for the night. We will make it the rest of the way home tomorrow. We were in Childress at lunchtime so we stopped in at Top Notch Texas BBQ. This was the third time that we have been there, but it was the first time that it has been busy. The other times there were only one or two tables besides us. Now we have a favorite restaurant in Childress. Never thought about being able to say that. I have a favorite ...

We made it to Amarillo by late afternoon, after leaving home about 10:30 so I could stop and get my nails done on the way out of town. Philip dropped me off and went for gas then dropped our leftover groceries at Erin’s while I was busy at the salon. We checked into the Hilton Garden Inn then had dinner at Dyer’s—delicious as always. Phil worked on school stuff during the evening, but didn‘t have a lot to do. We made it an early night. ...

Another day of driving from Fort Smith to Amarillo. We could have driven the rest of the way tonight, but it would have put us into Albuquerque very late, so we decided to stop one more night. After eating barbecue in every state that we've been through, sometimes more than once, this was the first time in a long time arriving in Amarillo that I didn't insist on going to Dyer's for dinner. Instead we went to Saltgrass for steak for Phil and chicken fried steak fo...