YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A LONG RIDE WHEN YOUR GPS UNIT ANNOUNCES "PROCEED 544 MILES" BEFORE YOUR NEXT TURN!! THAT'S WHAT PARIS SAID TO ME AS I GOT ON THE 10 AND HEADED WEST...
NOW I KNOW WHERE THEY CAME UP WITH TERM "WIDE OPEN SPACES". WESTERN TEXAS IS BIG AND OPEN. LOTS OF OIL PUMPING STATIONS AND A BIG SECTION OF WINDMILLS ABOUT HALF WAY ACROSS, BUT THE TOWNS ARE FEW AND VERY SMALL... IT WAS ONE CONTINUOUS SCENE OF EVERY WESTERN YOU'VE SEEN... (THE GUY GALLOPING ACROSS THE PLAIN, DRY CREEK BEDS, SCRUB BUSHES AND TREES, PASSES THROUGH THE HILLS...). THE RADIO PICKED UP NO STATIONS (YOU HIT SEEK AND IT JUST CIRCLED THE DIAL OVER AND OVER) SO IT WAS LUCKY THE CD PLAYER WAS WORKING...
AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE MAJOR PROPS TO MY JEEP AND THE GUYS WHO GOT IT READY FOR THIS TRIP... KNOCK WOOD I HAVE NOT HAD A PROBLEM WITH IT YET...
MADE IT TO EL PASO AROUND 4:30 PM MOUNTAIN TIME, CHECKED IN AND PASSED OUT. WOKE UP AROUND 8, GRABBED SOME TAKE OUT AND WATCHED THE GAMES... TO MY IOWA FRIENDS, "HOW BOUT THEM HAWKEYES!" KNOCKING JOE PA OUT OF THE PICTURE... IT'S A SHAME ALABAMA WON BUT I'M GLAD FOR THE RED RAIDERS OF TEXAS TECH (GO HOME TEAM)... FELL ASLEEP IN THE SECOND HALF AND WOKE UP AROUND 3 SUNDAY MORNING...
SO, I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO FIND ROSE'S CANTINA... BUT I KNOW THE WAY INTO THE BADLANDS OF NEW MEXICO... THAT SONG HAS BEEN A FAVORITE OF MINE FOR MANY YEARS AND IT'S VERY COOL TO BE IN THE TOWN IT MADE FAMOUS...
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