Travel from Guymon, Oklahoma to Tucumcari, New Mexico

We drove our coach 165 miles, about 3 hours of driving, from Guymon, Oklahoma to Tucumcari, New Mexico.

Here’s a map showing our route, heading southwest:

Route

An interactive map:

The drive-in screen as we depart the RV park:

Drive-in screen

Leaving the campground

Oversize load:

Oversize load

Welcome to Texas:

Welcome to Texas

A very long train:

Long train

Big cowboy:

Big cowboy

We stopped at a basic rest area for a bathroom break:

Rest area

Rest area

Seeing triple; three seemingly identical tractors driving down the road:

Seeing triple

Railway crossing:

Railway crossing

A mural in Dalhart:

Mural

Tatty Texas flag:

Tatty Texas flag

Dalhart:

Dalhart

We passed several feed lots; miles of smelly cattle:

Feed lot

I thought this was a clever idea: the start of a passing lane is marked with a dotted line, encouraging people to move right. More places should do this:

Passing lane

More farm equipment:

Farm equipment

Long straght road:

Long straght road

Fun with the phone zoom, making it look like we’re about to drive off a cliff:

Fun with zoom

We stopped for lunch at a picnic area; “watch for rattlesnakes”:

Watch for rattlesnakes

Paladin was enjoying a box:

Paladin in a box

A rail bridge by the picnic area:

Rail bridge

Our coach:

Our coach

Our coach

I got out to plug the 360 camera into a battery pack, since it was about to run out of power:

360 camera and battery pack

(On the passenger seat in that picture you can see stuff used for hooking up the truck to the coach.)

More fun with zoom:

More fun with zoom

Entering Mountain time zone:

Entering Mountain Time

We were in Mountain time, then had a couple of weeks in Central time, and now back to Mountain for a week, before returning to Central until the end of the year, when we’ll enter Eastern. Such fun.

Welcome to New Mexico, our third state today:

Welcome to New Mexico

Nara Vista, a rather run-down town:

Nara Vista

Bard, ditto:

Nara Vista

Paladin asleep in his safe spot:

Paladin in his safe spot

Lots of long straight roads on this trip:

Long straight road

More fun with zoom:

More fun with zoom

Canadian River?!

Canadian River

Tucumcari Mountain, the inspiration for Radiator Cap mountain in the Cars movie:

Tucumcari Mountain

Our destination:

Our destination

Our destination

Our destination

Our destination

Our destination

Our destination

Our site:

Our site