We're two days into our trip home from Phoenix. We spent the first night of our drive in Albuquerque. Experienced a HORRIBLE traffic jam on Interstate 40 near Gallup, NM, nearly dead-stopped for almost two hours. This is the seccond time we've had terrible traffic there and WILL NOT be coming home that way again.
Decided to take a different route home from ALB this time and headed North on I-25 toward Denver- up the Eastern face of the Rockies. The peaks were snow-capped and GORGEOUS.
Spent the night in Limon, CO in a tacky little motel room. Since we only spend a few hours in the motel we've always felt so long as they are clean and have basic "necessities" like a TV and microwave, why pay a fortune for those few hours?
There's just no way to make a 24-hour drive comfortable. But flying, more and more, is becoming such a burden I no longer want to do it.
Our rental car, a Toyota Corolla, is a pleasure to drive.
It's getting 35 mpg at 75mph and has something I will NEVER again be without-
"Adaptive" (Smart) Cruise Control. It takes much of the stress out of driving long distances on the slab.
Home tomorrow night, our neighbors inform us our wild onion crop is ready for harvest.
That's a smell/experience I always enjoy in the Spring.
I'm homesick.
And ready for Spring storms and home "Honey-do's".
2 comments:
Sometimes the road less travelled is really the faster way, and much more scenic!
Other than on business, I plan my road trips off Interstates. Overall, it adds about 50 minutes to my driving day and the scenery offers more variety. Over the years I've driven most of the Interstates in the West, Midwest, and South.
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