Vacation to Phoenix--Day 1

March 9

Andy took the day off of work to get us ready for our trip to Phoenix and Miss Deidra had a half day of school so he was able to pick her up which is a treat for Miss Deidra as well. He got the oil changed in my car and got us all packed up for our trip. I got out of work a little late, but they came and picked me up from work. Around 2:30 pm, we got in the car and drove to Carlisle to say good-bye to Grandma Davis, stopped to grab some lunch at McDonalds, and we were finally on our way around 3 pm.

We had great weather and headed up Hwy 287 towards Amarillo. It was neat to explore parts of Texas that we had never seen before. We stopped for ice cream and for potty breaks at Braum’s and then got back on the road. We finally were able to hop on Interstate 40 and the speed limits changed to 75 mph. It seemed like forever to get there, but we finally hit the New Mexico border. We thought about stopping in Amarillo for the night since it was so dark, but we had a goal to get to Santa Rosa, NM before stopping for the night, so that NM border line was a great thing to see. We drove until about midnight before we hit Santa Rosa and Andy told me that he thought that we were in for some new landscapes when we were able to see around us that next morning. We headed for bed and had a great night of sleep.

The picture is some of the scenery in northeastern New Mexico. :-)