As we pulled out of Santa Rosa Lake State Park, we saw nine hawks circling. I'm glad I’m not a field mouse.We went into Las Vegas, New Mexico. Looked around the town and had lunch in one of their city parks.Next, we drove to Santa Fe. We took a bus tour of the city. Lots of art galleries here—lots and lots! After the bus tour, we walked to the Loretto Chapel and saw the "miraculous staircase". It’s a circular staircase with no center pole fo...

First things first: Wal-Mart for groceries. Always an experience.Next was the Cadillac ranch, just west of Amarillo. Ten Cadillacs nose down in the dirt out in the middle of a field. Graffiti is, apparently, encouraged, and the cars are covered with it. The paint is visibly thick, and spent cans of spray-paint litter the ground. It's right on Interstate 40, but you’d miss it if you didn’t know it was there. We moved on to lunch, still looking for...

Red Rock Canyon State Park is a beautiful place, but this morning, it's fly city. Tons of them. We carried a whole family of them with us for twenty miles. First stop was the Stafford Air and Space Museum in Weatherford, OK. Lt. Gen. Tom Stafford is a local boy, so they’re kinda proud of him. And rightly so. He was, among other things, a test pilot and an astronaut in the Gemini and Apollo missions. Lots of stuff to look at. One of the things was an act...

Found a really big oil driller at the fairgrounds in Tulsa today. Got completely lost trying to find our way out. Finally got onto 66 west. Got lost in Bristow just trying to stay on 66. Got lost in Oklahoma City trying to find the memorial, then getting out again. All in all, I'm surprised we made it as far as we did.We did find the Hobby Lobby, though. Huge store containing sewing and crafty things. Mom could have stayed for days. I went catatonic. At one ...