Thursday, March 26, 2009

Trying to Out-Run the Weather

The weather in Albuquerque is cool but OK. The weather along our route back home is scary with blizzard watches and lots of snow expected. We left town and headed east climbing up out of the valley and through the mountains....it is surprising how far you go in a steady climb as you head east. The mountains were shrouded in fog and threatened rain but it never came. We were in sun most of the morning and had lunch in Tucumcari. We hit another band of threatening weather near Amarillo - but, again, we didn't get any rain. We noticed that there were no visitors at Cadillac Ranch on the day before an expected blizzard. We decided that Cadillac Ranch marks the center of nowhere -- the place from where all other no-wheres are measured. In Oklahoma the sky was overcast almost all the way.

We stayed near Bricktown and went there for supper. We were tired so we just ate at an IHOP and relaxed. Bricktown is the night-life center for Oklahoma City -- grown up around the ballpark. They have a little river walk section and a few blocks of bars and restaurants. It would have been nicer in warmer weather.

Watching the Mizzou - Memphis game.

That's about it for today....just driving. No pictures. Talk to you more tomorrow.

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