well, anyway amarillo by afternoon; it was 5:00 central daylight time when we arrived. and, yep, the time changed again so we lost an hour; we would have been here by 4:00 pm. the amarillo, texas koa is a very nice rv park—very spacious. I guess the only real drawback is that it sits adjacent to the railroad and the amarillo international airport (the tower can be seen in the very center of the photo)—two noisy neighbors. but, that's okay, because i don't think trains or planes will be going by too much during sleeping hours (i hope). it was a fairly easy 4+ hours today from santa fe, nm; pretty much the same ho-hum drive seeing the same basic landscape most of the day. of course, there are things that will really surprise you when you least expect it. as we passed by the old abandoned town of cuervo, nm (yep, i missed the turn-off and don't have any photos, argh!) we saw several old rustic buildings, some of which were about to topple over and turn to dust. i probably counted a half-dozen photo possibilities (that i missed, until next trip). another thing was that passing through cuervo, we couldn't find "josé" or the cuervo gold!? what the heck! (sorry, i just couldn't resist) anyway, the folks here in amarillo are really nice and we are enjoying the shorter driving days, although it will take us a few days longer to get back to asheville, nc. tomorrow, we will be back in el reno, oklahoma, which will bring us sad memories, but one day closer to home. so, as the sun sets here in west texas...
