New York, NY –>Elgin, IL –> Sharon, WI –> St. Louis, MO –>Elk City, OK –> Amarillo, TX –> Tucumcari, NM
A snowstorm in Elk City, Oklahoma forced the PAC Tour crew off the road and into the pseudo comforts of a Best Western hotel for the evening. You better believe, however, that bright and early the next morning we were plotting our escape from the icy parking lot and onto the highway in search of the sun’s comforting touch. So we hacked through ice using nothing more than a hand shovel and cleared a path for the big rig. On to Amarillo, Texas.
From Texas, we set our sights on Tucumcari, New Mexico, where we would reward ourselves with some Mexican food. Tucumcari is an interesting little town right along the historic Route 66 – one of the original U.S. highways. As we walked in search of the craved Unburritable Mexican restaurant, we saw relics of the town’s former glory. Neon signs advertised the comforts of the motels and enticed travelers to rest their weary eyes. How I longed to see the town in the 1950s, full of vacationers heading to Los Angeles. Suddenly I wasn’t wearing my jeans anymore, but a flared dress and cherry red lips. After all, I was heading west too.
The twigster,
Josephine
PS: Check out the difference in weather between those two pictures! Nothing but blue skies in New Mexico.
thetwigster 
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