We have had several days of driving to get closer to home. On Monday, the 12th we left Guthrie, Ok to go to Amarillo, Tx. Besides being a long day, Denny had to fight the wind. For most of the 318 miles, we had a side wind of 30 MPH. Denny said it was almost a white knuckle day, very stressful. As we went thru Oklahoma City, we saw the new stadium for the Sonics. We booed as we went by.
By the time we got to Amarillo Tx., the wind started to get worse. When we got out of the truck to go to the park office, my hair was horizontal. When we were setting up, you couldn't even walk in a straight line. We were bent over. When we opened the door to the RV, we couldn't let go until it was closed. It got worse as the evening and night went on. I bet we had winds at 45 mph. I asked the clerk and she said it is always like that. Why would you want to live in such wind? The park was so nice, but no way will we be back. Too bad, we thought it was our 2nd best park. I can't imagine staying more than 1 night unless you were visiting relatives.
That night there were severe storms warnings for the areas we were going to the next day. I checked weather.com before we left. Winds had died down, so off we went. The next day was so much better. Just a little breeze. We went to Grants, New Mexico. It is 80 miles west of Albuquerque. It was our longest day, 363 miles. We only did it because we gained an hour going from Central to Mountain time. Most of the time we don't even like to go 300 miles, 200 to 250 is good. We haven't done this much daily driving since we left Renton to go to San Diego.
Today we got to Holbrook, Az. Since we had such a long day yesterday, today was short. We only had to drive 155 miles. That is about right. We spent over 2 months in Az. before. I wanted to see the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest but it was so far north. Well, here we are. We got here so early today that I'm trying to play catch up. Tomorrow we plan to go sightseeing.
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