We woke up early that morning and started to make our way through Texas. This was probably the worst part of the drive. It was the longest day and we covered the most states. We started in Oklahoma, drove through the tip of Texas and stopped in Amarillo, TX.
Amarillo was supposed to be our destination the night before but since we lost a few hours we didn’t make it and thank god for that. Before visiting Amarillo, I thought Barstow, CA was the worst city I have ever been to…then I went to Amarillo. This town was like a ghost town. It was empty, bare and dead. We were trying to find this healthy food place to eat and ended up getting lost in a residential area. This residential area was worse than any ghetto I have seen. A lot of the houses were boarded up, with trash in front of the yards and just really really rundown.
We finally managed to find the restaurant and it was anything but a restaurant. It was like a health foods store with a back section that served food. So we went in and ordered three sandwiches and we got our sandwiches came in plastic to go containers. Each piece of food: the bread, turkey, cheese, lettuce were individually wrapped in saran wrap. The girls and I looked at each other when we got our sandwiches but we stayed positive. The sandwiches weren’t THAT bad…but it felt like I was chewing on a rock. It was horrible.
After we ate, we got back on the road, we wanted out of Amarillo. We drove through the rest of Texas and to New Mexico. After spending hours driving through Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas…New Mexico was like a breath of fresh air. There were red rocks, cacti, and just more things to look at.
In New Mexico, on the way to Albuquerque we passed by a tour bus that had Gene Simons written on it.
Sara being the curious girl that she is, wanted to know why the Gene Simmons tour bus was on the I-40 and whether he was playing a concert in Albuquerque…this is how the conversation went:
Sara: “Why is there a Gene Simons tour bus driving in New Mexico? Does he have a concert tonight?”
Cha Cha: Gene Simmons will be performing in Canada Tomorrow
Sara: “So then why is his tour bus in New Mexico?”
Cha Cha: For more questions, please text Lulu by beginning your question with Lulu”
Sara: Lulu, why would Gene Simons tour bus be driving in New Mexico when he has an event tomorrow in Canada?
Lulu: Patrick Stump may have wanted to drive somewhere alone. He had an IL license plate and did not know he was break the law
Sara:…..Lulu, who is Patrick stump?
Lulu: Patrick Stump is an American musician who occasionally plays keyboard for Fall out Boy
Sara: Lulu: what does Patrick Stump have to do with gene?
Lulu: Patrick Vaughn Stump is an American singer, he has heterochromia
Sara: Lulu, What is Heterochromia?
Lulu: Heterochromia is…
Then to check the facts Sara asks: Lulu, Does Patrick Stump have Heterochromia?
Lulu sends the same message about heterochromia.
Sara: LULU, Why is Gene Simmons driving on the I-40?
Haha, then after one of our several mini fights. We find out that Sara also asks cha cha
“Lulu, when arguing is it a good idea to call someone names?”
Lulu: You shouldn’t stay with someone you don’t get along with
Haha. So that text chat is what basically kept us entertained throughout the drive to New Mexico. When we got to Albuquerque we stopped at a restaurant by the university and got some dinner. Albuquerque was also the first big city that we had in since Memphis. It was nice to see a big city, full of life and not completely deserted. We didn’t get to spend much time there but that’s a place that seems like it would be fun to check out sometime. Our goal was to get to Flagstaff, Arizona. After several more hours of driving, we finally got there and to a hotel. Pulling into the hotel we saw that there was snow on the ground.
A week before a huge storm had hit and it left about 3 inches of snow on the ground. I was super excited about the snow because I had wanted to see it throughout our entire trip but we had missed all of the storms (which was a good thing). We checked in and went straight to bed, we were going to wake up early the next day and head to the Grand Canyon before going home.
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