FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS IN POST, TEXAS

THE POST ANTELOPES MEET THE SHALLOWATER MUSTANGS...

DON'T MESS WITH TEXAS

LEFT FREEZING ( 26f ) ARIZONA AND HAD A SUPER EASY DRIVE TO TEXAS. MADE IT TO AMARILLO IN NO TIME, HAD LUNCH AT TEXAS A&M. DROVE ON AND STOPPED IN POST, TX.

OIL TOWN, FULL OF ROUSTABOUTS, NE'OR DO-WELLS, OIL MEN AND OTHER TYPES. JUST LIKE THE MOVIES. I WAS WAITING FOR THE RESUSCITATION OF JAMES DEAN.

CAMPGROUND WAS BASIC, LIKE THE TOWN.

BUT....IT WAS FRIDAY NIGHT AND THE LIGHTS WERE ON......FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS = TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.





IT WAS GREAT. OUR TEAM WERE PLAYING THE SHALLOW-WATER MUSTANGS. DAMN THEM MUSTANGS. AGAIN !!!

WATCH THE SHOW, CAUSE THIS WAS IT.

2 BANDS, MUSIC, TUNNEL FOR THE PLAYERS, NATIONAL ANTHEM, FLAGS AND HORSES.

JUST UNBELIEVABLE.

WE GOT THE BALL AND OUR FIRST PLAY - TRIPLE REVERSE, WITH A STATUE OF LIBERTY AT THE END. AND THE KID DROPS THE BALL. AWWWWW!!

NOTHING MUCH HAPPENED, LOTS OF PASSING AND A FEW RUNNING PLAYS. THEN, 3 TOUCHDOWNS IN THE LAST 58 SECONDS OF THE HALF.

BATTLE OF THE BANDS AFTER. GREAT FUN.

THEN DOWN TO SONICS FOR A CHOCOLATE SUNDAE.

TOMORROW -- DALLAS

SANTA FE - ALBUQUERQUE-MUST SEE

WE ARE PUEBLOED OUT !!

TOOK THE RIDE UP THE 14, THROUGH MADRID. REAL BAD.SAW 5 GUYS DRINKING OUT OF A PAPER BAG AT 9:30 AM.

BUT SANTA FE - GREAT.

MET JEAN JACK, WORLD FAMOUS ARTIST, SAW THE OLDEST HOUSE IN AMERICA, FIRST CHURCH, THE SOURCE OF THE RIO GRANDE RIVER, SAW A ROADRUNNER.

DID SOME POTTERY AND JEWELRY SHOPPING AND WENT FOR LUNCH. FIRST TIME FOR US - REAL MEXICAN HUEVO RANCHERO. LOVED THE CHILE VERDE.

THEN WENT TO ALBUQUERQUE. THE CITY IS LIKE ALL OTHERS, EXCEPT REDDER. OLD TOWN IS VERY UPSCALE AND MET THE SELF PROCLAIMED BIGGEST SNOB IN NEW MEXICO.

REAL CLEAN TOWNS, BOTH ALBU AND SANTA FE.

TOMORROW- AMARILLO, TEXAS. YYYYYEEEEEEEYAAAAA !!

RUNNING OUT OF WOW

A LITTLE COOL THIS MORNING... 36 DEGREES.

GOT GAS - $2.99 A GALLON. WOW !

STOPPED AT PETRIFIED FOREST. WOOD INTO STONE. WOW!





DROVE THROUGH THE PAINTED DESERT. WOW-WOW !! (MORE SPECTACULAR THAN THE GRAND CANYON.)

DROVE THROUGH THE LAVA FIELDS. WOW !

WALMART IN GALLUP, NM., HAS A POLICE STATION. WOW!

THE HIGHWAY SYSTEM IN ALBU. WOW ! ROADS CAN BE PRETTY. THEY HAVE ART ALL OVER THE MEDIANS, BRIDGES, EXITS.

WOW, WOW AND DOUBLE MORE WOW !!!

GRAND CANYON IS REALLY GRAND

FEELING FIT !! HIT THE ROAD AT SUNRISE. THE ROAD TO FLAGSTAFF IS UP AND UP AND UP AND THEN UPPER THAN THAT.

7336 FEET UP. WHEW.

AMAZING HOW THE VEGETATION CHANGES OVER A FEW MILES. WE WENT FROM TALL PALMS AND CACTI TO SCRUB PINES IN A MATTER OF HOURS.

THE ROAD TO SEDONA WAS JUST TOO AWKWARD AND NARROW FOR US TO NEGOTIATE.

WE LEFT THE MOHO IN FLAGSTAFF WALMART AND HEADED TO THE CANYON. EASY DRIVE THERE, BUT IN THE SUMMER, IT MUST BE A NIGHTMARE. THE PARKING LOT AT MATHERS HOLDS NO MORE THAN 200 CARS, AND NO MH SPACE.

WE GOT A COSTANZA. 15 STEPS TO THE RIM.

WOW!!!!!!! DOUBLE AND TRIPLE WOW !!!

PICTURES DON'T EVEN COME CLOSE TO DOING JUSTICE.

BACK TO PICK UP THE MOHO, DROVE ON ROUTE 66 AND GOT OUR KICKS AT THE METEOR IMPACT CRATER.

ANOTHER BIG WOW !!!

WE ARE JUST OUTSIDE WINSLOW, ARIZONA AND CAN ONLY KEEP SINGING THE EAGLE'S SON - "TAKE IT EASY".

ALBUQUERQUE TOMORROW FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. WILL VISIT SANTA FE AND TAOS.

CAMP MESA..... NOT FOR US

TODAY WAS A CR_ _ PY DAY. LITERALLY. GOOD OLD PEPTO BISMOL, MIUM !!

VISITED A FEW CAMPGROUNDS TO SEE IF WE WOULD WINTER HERE IN 09.

FORGETABOUTIT!!!!

GREAT CLUBHOUSES, POOLS, SAUNAS, HOT TUBS, FACILITIES, TENNIS. BUT, YOUR SITE IS EITHER ASPHALT OR STONE. NO GRASS, NO TREES. PARKING LOT STYLE.

IT MUST LIKE BEING A BAKED POTATO.

OH WELL, ON TO THE GRAND CANYON TOMORROW.

QUARTZSITE? NAH ! MESA? YEAH !

LEFT EARLY THIS MORNING, WEATHER WAS GOOD, NO WIND. A COOL 47 DEGREES.

THE ROAD WAS GREAT. NO TRAFFIC. EVERYONE WAS EITHER SLEEPING OR AT CHURCH.

(NOTE: CALIFORNIA ROADS ARE IN NEARLY AS BAD SHAPE AS QUEBEC ROADS)

HEADED SOUTH, MADE GREAT TIME AND DROVE THROUGH SPECTACULAR SCENERY.

WE WERE PLANNING TO STAY OVERNIGHT IN QUARTZSITE. OVER 200,000 MOTORHOMES GO THERE YEARLY. WHY?? IT IS A WIDE SPOT IN THE ROAD, AND THEY HOLD GIANT FLEA MARKETS THERE. AND ROCK&GEM SHOWS. PEOPLE PARK THEIR MOTORHOME ON UNSERVICED LOTS AND SPEND UP TO 3 MONTHS FREE....

BUT THERE IS A BOOKSTORE, AND THIS IS THE OWNER ---


SKEDADDLED OUT OF THERE AND MADE IT TO MESA.

336 MILES TODAY, BUT AT AUTO SPEED. GOT THERE A DAY EARLIER THAN PLANNED. WILL CHECK OUT A FEW PLACES TOMORROW, TO SEE IF WE WANT TO COME BACK FOR THE WINTER OF 2009.

RIGHT NOW, 5:30 pm, SUNSHINE AND 76 DEGREES. BUT I BET IT'S GONNA COOL OFF.