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Today was day three of seven on the road with the OBC caravan. We started off in Edgewood, New Mexico, headed east on the I-40, and per Siri continued straight “for about 395 miles”…

Hard to believe this is our sixth cross country sojourn, and the third time heading in this direction, which is to say, East, so in a way, Clyde and Timi know the drill, but that doesn’t mean it’s their favorite activity.

Getting Clyde out from under the bed added about 15 minutes to our planned departure time, and then maybe half an hour in, we hit another delay due to an accident. Traffic stopped for several minutes before we all got to pass by the site, as workmen were sweeping up broken glass on the side. I hope everyone survived the crash. Scary.

From there on in, it was smooth sailing, though. 75 mph speed limit all the way. Surreal watching the landscape change at that speed.

The western Texas panhandle is a high prairie full of wind farms and cattle ranches, with very little to see in the way of buildings, trees or even shrubs. But after Amarillo, TX, a Wild West metropolis of sorts, the terrain starts to change. Things get greener, less dry. Approaching the Oklahoma border you start to see some real trees on the side of the road, with thick trunks, and spreading branches. And then, just like that, you’re not out west anymore.

A little farther into Oklahoma, there’s a sign warning you that “hitchhikers may be escaped inmates”.

Good to know.

Back in Grants, New Mexico it was “gusty winds may occur”. I think I’ll take gusty winds over escaped inmates. How about you?

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