It’s Monday. We made it into Tempe, Arizona as the sun was setting yesterday. The transformation from the rolling hills in Oklahoma to the numerous mesas in New Mexico and the mountains in Arizona was just spectacular! Everyone should make that drive at least once in their lives. There was still snow in the higher elevations but as we descended into Tempe the temperature shot up to 79 degrees. I was very pleased!

We went directly to her son’s to check out his place, have a beer, and take it easy. It’s very nice out here. Looking forward to checking out Tempe Monday. Time to crash for now and get some well deserved sleep.

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It’s Sunday! Before leaving Oklahoma the girlfriend insisted on stopping at the Mercantile in Pawhuska. She’s a fan of Ree Drummond on the Food Network so we had to check out her place. She bought a few things and picked up some goodies from her pastry shop upstairs.  I can vouch for her chocolate chip cookies—damn tasty! One note about Oklahoma… I’m not coming back until you fix your damn roads! They were easily the worst so far. And keep your possums off the road. You now have one less.

We made it out of Oklahoma, through Texas, and into New Mexico where we stopped in Tucumcari. Tomorrow we cross over the mountains. That should be fun.

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It’s Saturday! We got a late start leaving Illinois yesterday morning but we were still able to get through Missouri and into Oklahoma near Tulsa. I had never been through Missouri before and enjoyed driving through the rolling hills. They weren’t very high. I think the highest elevation we went over was something like 1,200 feet.

Time to get some rest and hit the road in the morning. 

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