The Three L’s Travel The West

We were up early this morning to hit the road for Amarillo, Texas.  The continental breakfast exceeded our expectations except for no doughnuts for Louie. 

Louie packed the car and we were on the road by 9:20AM.  Had to fuel up and only paid $4.05/gallon.  Then I rolled through the Starbucks for a tall mocha with double shot espresso.  We headed east to Amarillo and made great time.  It’s very flat in Eastern New Mexico and Texas.  You can see for miles and miles. 

We had lunch in a tiny little town named Vega, population 939. The water tower in town proudly proclaimed them the Vega Longhorns.  This town is on Interstate 40, and was similar to other little towns along the way.  I-40 loosely follows Route 66, and along the way we saw the turn off for towns, and then the designation for “Historic Route 66”.  As we drove through these areas, I would try to imagine what it was like to be doing the same back then. 

We arrived at my friend April’s house around 3:30 PM (time change didn’t help us there). This is the first time I have met April in person.  We met through work, as my job was to provide support to insurance agents across the Nationwide Company for billing.  She’s an agent here in Amarillo, and a great one.  I’ve known her for three years over the phone, and we have become friends outside of work.   

We promptly unloaded half the car into her home and made a complete mess.  Thank goodness she is understanding!  Her son Arik is turning six next month, and he took to Lynnae like a fish to water.  Louie and Lynnae have been great with him, playing Playstation with him and helping him through the harder parts of his game.  They played while April and I chatted.   

Ordered in pizza for dinner, and went to bed late.  April graciously gave up her bed for me; she and Arik set up an air mattress in the living room and slept on that.  Louie and Lynnae took over Arik’s bunk beds. Was a great day and amazing to meet my friend and her family in person. 

Distance traveled was 300 miles, average 32 MPG, and travel time was 5 hours and 32 minutes.

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