Tue Jun 23, 2015STATS Departure: 9:30 AM cdt, Amarillo, TXArrival: 2:00 PM mdt, Albuquerque, NMMiles: 256.5 miles Travel Time: 6 hrs.Two things of note today: we gained an hour when we entered Mountain Time, and we ate dinner at Papa Felipe's. They have very good Mexican food and lots of it. Both Barbara and I took over half our meals home.Barbara had Tacos al Carbon, and I had beef enchiladas with rice and beans.You know it was a boring day when all I can th...

Sat, Jun 8, 2013 STATS Departure: Tucumcari, New Mexico Arrival: Gallup, New Mexico Miles: 319 miles Travel Time: 7 hoursYesterday I talked about the El Reno tornado that struck on May 31. Today, I can talk about another tornado, one that we experienced—well, I guess it was a little smaller than a full-blown (pun intended) tornado, it’s not like it could have carried me to Oz. All right, it was a dust devil. But those things are strong little b*****s....

Fri, Jun 7, 2013 STATS Departure: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Arrival: Tucumcari, New Mexico Miles: 371 miles TravelTime: 7 hours (time change: gained an hour)Every once in a while, life surprises you. It throws you a curve ball, you swing and miss, and you think you're out. Then, out of nowhere, you’re beaned in the head with a fastball, and you find yourself on base. (Probably with no memory of ho...

Mon, Apr 22, 2013 STATS Departure: 8:20 AM, Picacho/Tucson, AZ Arrival: 4:10 PM, Las Cruces, NM Miles: 312 Travel Time: 7:50 hrs. (time zone change)Lost an hour when we entered New Mexico. (I know, Arizona is on Mountain time, as is New Mexico. However, Arizona doesn't observe daylight saving time, so it's the same time as California during daylight saving time, but it's an hour ahead when we're on standard time. So, when we entered Arizona yester...

Saturday, November 05, 2011STATS Comments: We checked the weather forecast for the area westward, and high winds were predicted. Indeed, the RV was already being rocked by the wind, and we hadn’t left the site yet. We decided that it would be best to just hunker down and wait it out. The winds were only forecasted until 5:00 pm, so we expect that tomorrow it will be smoother sailing. At around 5:30, we noticed that there was no wind anymore. Not sure exac...