Monday March 18th
Leaving today was questionable because the original forecast was for wind gusts to 30mph. So I looked at several weather forecasts between Albuquerque and Amarillo but the forecast looked better today with gusts no greater than 20mph. So we got going about noon. First stop was a service station with a compressor but the tire was only about 5psi down from where it should be so I don't feel any great urgency about getting it fixed. I didn't want to get off the freeway in the city of Albuquerque to look for a tire store. Instead of following I-40 to Amarillo, we decided to take US-84 S and SE to Clovis, then Lubbock, and then Abilene, which will put us on I-20 pointed toward Dallas. Next stop will be to visit Dan and Patricia Reeves in Lewisville, TX on the N side of Dallas.
I was surprised that the altitude for much of the way from Albuquerque to Clovis was over 6000 feet. Most of the country in that area is grazing land with a little more grass than they have in the desert between Las Cruces and Albuquerque. As you approach Clovis you start to see pivot irrigation systems where crops are grown - mostly cotton.
We found an RV park - one of the few that were not next to a busy highway or railroad. The place was being converted from a mobile home park to an RV park so half of it was dug up where they were installing new water lines and upgrading the electrical facilities.
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