A good day of travel & sightseeing. The area is having a record heat wave, rendering the warm clothes we packed "just in case" superfluous. Left a decent (brand new) HIE in Guymon at 7:05 AM, CDT. Took a break in Boise City, where we let a Navajo use our phone - his broke & the pay phones were all dead - found out he was from Gallup after we chatted some.
Then it was on to New Mexico, where it's suddenly an hour earlier. Hit Raton about 9:30, took a picture to enter in the NM Centennial contest, then stopped at the fancy museum & talked with the curator/ramrod, Mr. Sanchez. We split a green chile cheeseburger at El Matador (really a stuffed sopapilla) and were both stuffed. Then, drove to to the NRA Whittington Center - I've been a member since 1966 & had never stopped. Nice gun museum, and drove to see the skeet ranges. Took a picture of Sandra by a statue of Charlton Heston as "The Scout."
On the road again, again to someplace we'd never been - Ft. Union, a NPS site. It was an adobe fort, and remains in restored ruins. It was big. Took more pictures for the contest - hope I got the right one since I haven't figured how to load pics onto the cell phone from the web.
Final stop is Las Vegas (New Mexico), where we're staying at the HIE in a king suite room. Drove around trying to get pictures for the contest, and had dinner at the El Rialto in old town - green/red chile enchiladas w/ posole. Stuffed again. Food good, service indifferent.
Tomorrow, it's on to Santa Fe, hit the museums & art galleries, sit on the plaza, and take pictures. Then we'll head for Albuquerque and a stay at Adobe Nido B&B. Today's toll - 331.4 miles (838.2 for the trip), 9:40 total travel time. Drove fast so mileage is down to 27.4 mpg.
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