2 Amarillo, TX
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| Click it or Ticket! Helmet law? Nope! #doublestandard |
Drive #1 Denver to Clayton Lake State Park and Dinosaur Trackway NM
On Tuesday morning we got up, made coffee, and packed the van. We left Denver at around 10am and took I-25 south towards New Mexico. Our first stop was in Colorado Springs, or The Springs as everyone in Denver calls it. We were stopping for a burrito at El Super Taco. The burrito was perfect. There was no rice to be found. We continued driving down I-25 while eating our burritos and then stopped in Pueblo Colorado for gas. Once we were in New Mexico we turned on US 87 and continued on to Clayton Lake NM where Clayton Lake State Park and Dinosaur Trackways is located. Our campsite was perfect! The State Park is an oasis in the middle of dry flat Northeastern New Mexico. We set up camp and then walked to see The Dinosaur Trackways. Dinosaur footprints fossils were found and preserved and you can walk amongst them on elevated walkways. That evening we were told there was a presentation at their observatory so we fought the urge to go to bed and walked to see the stars through expensive telescopes.
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| We saw a skunk kicking it in the shade at a rest stop |
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| New Mexico |
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| Our backyard for the night |
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| Our happy hour view |
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| Dino Footprint |
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| The footprint of a carnivore |
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| Cool logos |
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| The calm lake steps from our campsite |
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| Francis approved |
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| Nesting Cliff Swallows in our campsite |
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| They had a few less expensive telescopes you could try out and mess with |
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| It's pretty hard to find stars with a telescope like this |
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| The expensive telescopes were in the observatory |
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| During the summer it takes a while for it to get dark but it isn't cold! |
Drive #2 Clayton Lake NM to Amarillo TX
Now it is Wednesday and I am in our hotel in Amarillo. Our drive today was pretty short. We diverted to the panhandle of Oklahoma to visit our 28th state together and then we drove to Amarillo Texas to visit our 29th state together. After checking into our hotel I found us some BBQ at Shi Lee's Southern BBQ. Tomorrow we press on to McKinney Texas where we will spend the month.
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| Our campsite pour over routine |
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| We dipped into Oklahoma |
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| Thanks Google Maps but I think we will pass |
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| Texas has green energy |
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| We drove the extra mile to visit Deaf Smith, a county named after a Texas Ranger |
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| Some BBQ joints focus on the BBQ and not the seating area, or waiting area in my case |
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| They got a write up |
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| The outside isn't fancy either |
If you didn't read about how we spent our last day in Denver, you can read about it here.
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