OUR TRIP (DAY ONE)

The purpose of our trip, as I have stated before, was for hubby and Tracy to attend the Fiesta Bowl and get to see Oklahoma State play Stanford. We traveled a little over 2200 miles round trip. I really enjoyed the trip, I think we all did. But, it was very tiring. I am glad to be back in Oklahoma.

We had intended to make it the first day to Albuquerque and spend the night, which we did. It took us about 8 1/2 hours. We left Saturday, New Years Eve. We arrived in Albuquerque around 4:30 in the afternoon. We gained an hour. We had taken food for our breakfast and lunch, so we only had to stop for bathroom breaks. We also stopped in Amarillo to eat our lunch in the car. We went through four states to get to Phoenix. Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. The only one that I never been to was Arizona.

After we entered New Mexico, the terrain really begin to change.

We stopped here for gas. The wind had really picked up. Tracy almost blew away trying to pump gas. I should have taken a picture of the place. It was located on Route 66 and had a sign on their door that said they could refuse service to anyone because of their looks. They had several signs that said you could not use their bathrooms unless you were a paying customer and their bathrooms were filthy. After this stop, we made it a point to only stop at McDonald's to use the bathroom or where we were stopping to eat.
Hubby took a picture of the gas pump, because it was so old. He didn't even think these kind of pumps were around anymore.

Some more pictures of the mountains.Different color mountains.

As we got closer to Albuquerque, we begin to see a little snow.When we got to our hotel, I was ready to crash for the night. I don't think I could have gone another mile. We were all pretty tired. But, since it was New Year's Eve, Tracy talked me into going out to eat. We went to Chili's at around 5:30 and then went to get a bottle of champagne to take back to the hotel. Tracy and hubby fully intended to see the New Year in. I went to bed at nine and Tracy decided at ten to go back to her room to watch TV. Hubby came to bed about ten. So, none of us saw the New Year in. There were a few OSU fans staying at the same hotel, we stayed at in Albuquerque. Hubby talked to a few of them. (to be continued)