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Underneath the Amarillo Sky

December 27, 2010 in Uncategorized by Tom

Chamara and I left my parents house in Sahuarita around 7:15 this morning. We drove out on the same road from Sahuarita that I took in two weeks ago. We then basically took I-10 for the rest of Arizona. Helping us make it through Arizona was Michael Jackson and Lil Jon.

The next state that we entered on I-10 was of course New Mexico. I now have similar feelings about New Mexico as I do for that state of Texas. We drove longer in New Mexico then we will in any state that we made it completely through in a day. Take a look at the map below, we pretty much had to do the entire state North to South, and East to West. We made it to Deming, where Chamara took over driving for the first time. On the way to Deming, we listened to some Eminem.

Chamara drove the car from Deming until Truth or Consequences along I-25. We dined Al Fresco at a Sonic. I ate most of my footlong quarter pound coney and some tots. We also took some tots for the road. I retook the driving responsibilities until we stopped to get gas in Belen.

South of Albuquerque

While driving through Albuquerque we listened to some Green Day and Queen. Chamara continued driving until Tucumcari.

East of Albuquerque

Queen continued for the remainder of the journey (I have several Queen CDs), after I took over. I drove on I-40 through the remainder and halfway across the Texas Panhandle. We stopped for the night at the La Quinta along I-40 in Amarillo. We stopped at the touristy Big Texan steakhouse for dinner. I had a delicious 9 oz filet (medium rare of course), a salad and some fries. Chamara ate a 12 oz. ribeye and had a sampling of 4 beers.