Sunday, May 19, 2013

Amarillo

I corrected Friday's posting because I had noted the wrong Texas City (that begins with an A) for tonight's stop.  Now we are back in the Central Time Zone which is always nice after trying to adjust our tv viewing schedules and sleep times.

It was a pretty drive south from Taos to Santa Fe through the Rio Grande Gorge and valley.  Once we turned eastward on I-40 south of Santa Fe we had a 20-30 mph tail wind which was quite noticeable on the fuel economy meter.  Where normally we get 9 to 10 mpg, at times with the wind pushing from behind we were getting 25 to 30 mpg.  Even up slight hill grades we were getting 10 to 15 mpg.

Tomorrow we continue eastward to OK City and hopefully the storm system that has hit this area the last couple of days has moved on out.

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