Well, we did it. We finished our first of 5 days on the road. Made it to Albuquerque, NM.
The day started off with lots of anticipation as we helped Katy finish packing up her boxes and getting everything ready for the movers.
The movers were scheduled to get to the house between 9am and 11am. We had everything ready by 9am in hopes they would get there closer to 9 than 11. Then we just sat and waited...
And waited...
And waited.
11am came and no movers. My lil sis called the moving company, who in turned said they would call the movers and call us back. To make a long story short, we found out about 40 minutes later that the movers were currently still in Tucson, and they wouldn't be able to make it to the house until tomorrow. That was just wonderful news.
After talking it over, we decided to still head out today anyway. We had our parents there to help get all of the stuffed packed into the van tomorrow. So, we finished loading up the car and began saying our good-byes.
Not an easy thing to do when one is moving 2500 miles away from family.
With the good-byes said, we headed out. Our first stop was Winslow, AZ. A dusty little town, it had one thing we came to see...Standin' on the Corner...
...such a fine sight to see.
They have a neat little park, there on the corner...with the statue...the sign...and speakers hidden somewhere playing the Eagles! :) I thought that was great.
We also got an eyeful of something else as we looked around...
Oh...wait...it's just a painting...whew...
After seeing all there was to see in Winslow (which took about 5 minutes...okay, maybe 10) we headed on to our final destination. Except for one brief stop at the Jackrabbit Trading Post...because, well, you know...here it is...
Anyway...next stop was Albuquerque...4 1/2 hours away...
Don't ask what those splotches are...I didn't.
We made it finally, to the Land of Enchantment. Is it enchanting? Well...we're not sure about enchanting...but it is a little stinky. At least a couple of the towns that we drove through had a peculiar spell. Again...we didn't ask. We just plugged our noses and hurried through as fast as we could. We'll have to wait for morning to see if it is enchanting. Since we got a late start today, we didn't roll into Albuquerque until 10pm. Maybe morning will also bring a little fresh air...
Tomorrow: Albuquerque to Oklahoma City. Hopefully minus any tornadoes. Stay tuned!
~TT
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