Another 600

Morning had broken at Las Cruces, NM

Yup, that seems about it what we manage, 600 kms in a day. We could've made more if it wouldn't have been for the situation at one of the LOVE's Stations. You know, if you pull a long trailer you gotta assess whether you can get beside a fuel pump, and if so, how you gonna get out of the station again.

Love's stations are not roomy for long trailers at the gas pump. But we managed to queue up alright behind a truck. After waiting a few moments he pulled ahead and we follow. Now it turns out the pump is broken, the reader doesn't work. Both the truck and us are pulling forward and out again. Doing another round, I see a Class A motorhome busy with filling, - or wait, he wasn't filling but washing his windows - like all of them! Then we find out his wife is walking three pooches around the station, brings 2 back into the Motor Home than takes the 3rd.one out for another spin. After what appeared to be 20 minutes with such post gas-filling activities I am losing my patience. I am blocking a row of parked vehicles myself and I have my flashers on.

I am getting out of the van and run to the front of the motor home. I see the driver inside just returning from the back, where he probably took a leak. He sees me gesturing outside his windshield, waves and gets behind the wheel. After 25 minutes waiting behind him after he had finished filling, he moves out and we can finally get gas.

They coulda used a huge truck parking beside the station where he coulda done the window cleaning, taken the longest of all leaks and more, plus the wifey coulda walked their doggies. Where were they from? License plate said Tennessee.

Oh well!

So, we did not make it to Abilene but stopped a 108miles west of it at Big Spring.

The roads today were good. I-10 in TX is great, the I-20 not quite so great, but not bad either.

Since the landscape in West Texas is not a huge challenge for a photographer we do not publish pics from the road today.

Tomorrow we are attempting to continue on I-20 even though strong winds have been announced with spread thunderstorms and possibility of tornados in the Ft.Worth/Dallas area. Let's hope we'll make it through "Tornado Alley" safe and sound.