well, we thought that we had some wind during our stay in oklahoma, but today we traveled through windier texas and into windy new mexico. from early morning until late afternoon, we bucked a 40 to 50 mile-per-hour headwind. it was real work keeping the truck between the white line on the interstate; i feel like i've been wrestling a steer. oklahoma's rolling hills gave way to texas' panhandle and its fairly flat farms and ranchlands and a much drier climate. the wind blew ferociously all day and seemed to get stronger as we got further west. tonight we are at the koa in tucumcari, nm. we believe we will be rocked to sleep by the wind tonight. today was fairly uninteresting, just driving from "point a" to "point b". two things we learned about texas (along i-40, anyway) is that there are no rest stops with restrooms along the interstate all the way through the panhandle, and there are only two places to get gas after you leave any civilized town. we know because once today we were "suckin' fumes" and just made it to the second gas stop (we missed the first one because there were no signs). i think nancy was getting more than a little bit nervous. we are hoping that the wind dies down tonight and that we don't have a replay of today tomorrow. as the sun sets over the mountains of new mexico...
