Raton and Clayton CO - 1/2 mile ahead...getting on a different road.
Capulin Volcano National Monument. We'd never heard of it either! It's in New Mexico...and due to rain damage the road to it's top is closed. I noticed a familiar road number, US 64 (which goes east/west near home in NC.)
Des Moines and Clayton ahead...which state? Still New Mexico, just before going into Texas.
Suzanne brought a bit of sage back from New Mexico, where she visited friends, or maybe CO where she visited her sister/daughter, can't remember who.
A train headed west while we went east.
And back onto an interstate in Amarillo TX.
Early on Oct 8 we drove through Oklahoma City, OK.
What was that ahead?
Just one of the interesting sculptures that decorate the cross streets.
We went the Ft. Smith direction...
The tugboat reminded me of my growing up in St. Louis MO, seeing the same river boats chugging along.
And there's that weird pyramid building again. Wikipedia says:
The Memphis Pyramid, initially known as the Great American Pyramid, formerly referred to as the Pyramid Arena and locally referred to as The Pyramid,[5] was originally built as a 20,142-seat arena located in downtown Memphis. The Memphis Pyramid has not been regularly used as a sports or entertainment venue since 2004. In 2015, the Pyramid re-opened as a Bass Pro Shops"megastore", which includes shopping, a hotel, restaurants, a bowling alley, and an archery range, with an outdoor observation deck adjacent to its apex.
We were happy to get to the east side of town to find a motel, thus avoiding morning rush hour traffic. However there was a lot of evening home-going traffic slowing us down as we drove east of the city into the suburbs.
Nashville was just a blip on the road as we stretched through the length of Tennessee.
Look, someone built a pyramid shaped roof there! But the bigger cone had more than 4 sides. What does the sign say? I think "Adventure - Science..." We were on our last leg, heading for our old familiar mountains by that evening. So I'll save those last shots for another post.
...vast come to mind!
ReplyDeleteSorry it's mostly through the windows of the car!
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ReplyDeleteIt is wonderful following your road trip, I feel like I was there. The sculpture is cool. Enjoy your day, wishing you a happy new week!
Glad you've enjoyed it...I'm almost finished posting all the photos. What a great process to "debrief" myself and remember some of the trip. Have a great week too!
DeleteThe epic trip brings you back home. I never knew there was a pyramid in Memphis.
ReplyDeleteIt's right next to the bridge over the Mississippi for I-40...which was our route. I'd never heard of it either!
DeleteInteresting sights and you certainly had some nice traveling weather.
ReplyDeletewe had wonderful weather. And I'm just about finished with the trip photos...I'm even going to start skipping every other day to post!
DeleteAt some point I've heard of the Capulin volcano.
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