June 29, 2014 Our second long day of driving (585 miles in just under 10 hours) brought us to Tucumcari, New Mexico. It is the first town you reach when driving west out of Texas. It’s a classic old Route 66 town that has suffered somewhat when I40 bypassed it. We made reservations for the… Continue reading Road Trip 2014 – Tucumcari, NM
Month: July 2014
Road Trip 2014 – North Riverside IL to Tucumcari New Mexico
June 28/29, 2014 We would take two days to travel the 1,161 miles from Andrew and Henriët’s home to the Safari Motel in Tucumcari, New Mexico. Within a mile or two of their house we crossed Ogden Ave which is the home stretch of Route 66 into Chicago. We paralleled Route 66 for most of… Continue reading Road Trip 2014 – North Riverside IL to Tucumcari New Mexico
Road Trip 2014 – Leaving Riverside, IL
One last post on our stay in North Riverside. On our walks from Andrew and Henriët’s home to downtown Riverside we passed a house with a few mushrooms growing. As we spent the week, the mushrooms transformed into different shapes. Here are a few shots of their transformation. Mushrooms in Riverside, IL These last two… Continue reading Road Trip 2014 – Leaving Riverside, IL
