Road Trip 2009
To Yosemite and Beyond
Trip Agendas
Photos & Trip Journal
Day One – Screaming Across Texas
From Katy, Texas to Lordsburg, New Mexico
(Lisa) Packed, loaded and ready to roll! We headed out bright and early (4 a.m.)
with great anticipation of a wonderful time. Our first stop was breakfast
at IHOP in San Antonio… very early breakfast with a lovely, wacky waitress
who referred to me as “Beautiful” and Joey as “Handsome”. We noticed
right away that there would be a need to go to the nearest Wal-mart for a
new hat for me. The baseball hat would not
stay
on my head… simply did not want to stay on the windy ride!
L
So we purchased a new ball cap (Red) to match my t-shirt… and off we were to
our next stop… a rest area. The purpose of the rest area stop was for Joey
to stretch his legs, for me to grab another hat (the new one blew off on
I-10… if you see a red ball cap and it’s not too smashed, would you kindly
let me know haha), and to put our “cool” vests on. The great thing about
a husband who plans ahead… he bought ice-gelled vests that soak up the “ice
cold water” in the ice chest and then you put the vests on. BRRR…Rather
nifty if you ask me!
The evening ride ended in Lordsburg, New Mexico. Gorgeous country! Interesting restaurants…
After calling it a night, we stopped at the hotel, walked to the KFC across the street and left to go to the local restaurant – Kranberry’s. Interesting! Needless to say, we missed our favorite restaurants in Katy, Texas. Night, night! J Looking forward to tomorrow’s ride!
(Joey) The first day went off without a hitch, just as every day did.
By the end of the first day, we were well settled in our seats and our minds cleared and set to enjoy our ride.
It seems as to whereever our trip will take us, our first day almost always takes us west.
I know that most people that we talk to or share with about our up and coming ride, give us their opinions on what they dislike about west Texas... For me, I simply love west Texas! There is nothing out there to bother you or get in your way. It is wide open for you to run. The sights are beautiful and the air is clean.
Once you clear the traffic and horrible roads of San Antonio the hill country seats you back in your set and puts a smile on your face. Shortly thereafter the terrain flattens out for a good stretch as you watch the vegetation change as the air starts to dry out. From there wind turbines start to build in the distance as the flat ranch lands start to take giant steps upwards. Then at a great distance, starting to the south, the mountains start to show themselves through the heat of the day and then to the north you spot another.
From there you know it will not be long and you will be swept away as you cross gently through the Davis Mountains before the roads before you flatten back out to let your mind drift away.
Still the air is quiet and you gather a growing pleasure of being all alone.
West Texas and those great big empties places, have always been my favorite places and always will be.
If it is a place for tourists or other people that flock in great multitudes with the discontent on what they thought they should have been given... I would rather find a cactus in the desert to visit with....
The end of our first day placed us right on schedule in Lordsburg, New Mexico, where we grabbed a hotel room for the night.
Saddle time for this day was 15 hours with 926 miles behind us averaging out at 62 mph.
