Tucumcari, New Mexico

We went to the "Fired Up" Festival last night.  It was a local event.  They had a car show and a small pageant crowning a Prince Tucum and a Princess Cari.  They looked to be about 4 years old.  We toured a train museum which was interesting.  This town is pretty much like the last few we've driven through.  There's not a whole lot open along large portions of the old Route 66 but there is lots of potential.  If I had billions of dollars, I would be tempted to fix these old buildings up.  There really are some neat buildings along the way.  They look like the 50's and 60's.  This town actually does have several old motor inns up and running.  They're so pretty.

We met a group of people from Hungary, England and Australia travelling together on Harleys.  They had begun Route 66 in Chicago and driving to the end.  What fun that would be!  Maybe Mike and I can do that some day--in the motorhome, though.  Lots of the road is pretty rough though.  It jars things around, a lot, even though we have things packed pretty tight for that very reason.  I could pack tighter for a trip such as that, though.  It would be worth it. 

Today, we are driving to Albuquerque, New Mexico.  We may hang around there for a few days.  The time here is an hour behind our normal time so I'm a little off schedule.  This morning, I woke up before 5 thinking it was about 6:00.  We got up, made coffee and Mike realized the time. Oh, well.  Since, we're so far west, the sun doesn't rise here until about 7:30.