Ten States in Two Weeks!

Two weeks ago today we began our journey across the U.S. It's hard to believe all the places we've been and all the things we've seen in just two weeks. Today we traveled to two new states and even entered a new time zone.

We packed up quickly this morning so we could go down to the KOA camp breakfast. The green chili omelet was wonderful, but I had the very best buttermilk pancake I have ever eaten. It was amazing and such a treat.

After fueling and a shop at Safeway we headed on down the road. After two nites in the shadow of Pikes Peak we were suddenly on very flat ground. Passing by some old historic towns Gary could not resist driving thru one. We had quite a drive ahead of us so really kept to the road.

We drove thru a corner of New Mexico and enjoyed the incredible ranches thru there. We'd like to know more about T.O. Ranch. It went on for at least 50 miles and even had its own air strip. The cattle herds had guest herds of some type of deer among them which was interesting to see.

Our goal today was Amarillo Texas. We got there about 5 pm and first took some time to map out places we wanted to go in our navigation system. We ended up for dinner at a kick-in-the-pants steak house. I'm really not sure how to even describe it - it just made me laugh. We enjoyed a steak dinner with some roving cowboy musicians. Yep, we're in Texas y'all!

We didn't have a "resort" reservation but had one selected to call. Very strange, when I finally called they were full but they gave me three other "resorts" to try. We ended up at an amazing new resort and it was truly a gift from God! It's huge and just recently opened. The two owners went out of their way to accommodate us. Gary was fretting about needing to get the bug guts off of the bbow and before he knew it the owner unloaded his own pressure washer at our site for Gary to use. Now he was one happy boy! They offered us use of their new laundry facility for free. They even have an amazing club house with a full kitchen, incredible leather sofas and chairs, a projection screen in a huge great room, a pool, and two hot tubs.

So as we were getting settled and enjoying this incredible place we noticed a significant storm brewing around us. I found the weather channel and yes indeed we are right in the severe storm warning area. We first thot it was going around us but it is now on us. We have wind, heavy rain and lightning all around as I'm writing this. The wind was lifting our bbow slide so we have pulled it in for the nite.

We did get storm instructions and do have a shelter very close to us in the unlikely event we would need it. Looks like it will be a rainy drive to Dallas tomorrow as well. I reminded Gary that we had rain like this in Texas in '92 also. Is it the time of year??