4508.7 MILES: This also happens to mark 10,000 miles on The Expedition. The GPS says get off the interstate and follow this… This is a trusy-testing moment…
Trust your instruments
Joe, The Shadow, and Lightnin’ McQueen
4444.0 MILES: New Mexico’s landscape has an unrelenting sameness that makes the dramatic unfoldment of Utah, Idaho and Oregon seem a lifetime ago. Good thing Ilve had company: old time radio shows upfront and videos in the back. Just 100 miles to Clovis now.
Leaving Albuquerque
4323.6 MILES: We got a late start today because we got a late stop last night. We didn’t reach our hotel till just before 11. Ouch. So, we’re on our way to Austin with full knowledge it will be another late one.
Whole lotta nothing
4217.8 MILES: New Mexico is depressing. At least this part is… Trailer-box homes surrounded by broken down cars… Then, nothing. Flats meeting flats punctuated by towering stone outcroppings. Beautiful at times, but mostly inhospitable.
Four corners
4122.4 MILES: Stella’s contribution to our itinerary, this is where four states connect. We were so overcome with the pagentry and excitement that I forgot to snap a shot on the Treo. I will post one from the Nikon when we get home to Texas.