Santa Rosa, New Mexico

Another long day of uneventful driving. Had a nice breakfast at Drury Inn, and then departed at 7:20am. Pullled into the Silver Moon restaurant, here in Santa Rosa, at 4:45p. Another 630 miles down. Buc-ees in Amarillo, TX., was $2.10/gal for regular gas. I'm quite glad Rosanne's confidence wasn't shattered. I was getting quite nervous in making Buc-ees for gas, as the fuel mileage left counted down to zero, and the fuel gauge was on E, no gauge bars left, at 17 miles away. Rosanne said we would easily make 20 miles on E! Ok, whatever..lol. I put 13.2 gallons in a 14 gallon tank. So I'm pretty sure we were on fumes in the tank! Prior to arriving at Buc-ees, we passed the leaning tower of Britten. Wonder if they still store water in it? The Silver Moon had some good specials of Mexican Food, along with some of the hottest salsa I've had. Afterwards, we made a quick stop at the Dairy Queen across the street to get some ice cream to put out the Mexican salsa fire! Finally pulled into the Santa Rosa, NM, Super 8 around 6pm. I make much better time without the boat in tow, in the CRV, than in the pickup towing. Of course I'm also running the speed limits of 75 or 80, rather than staying at 65...Read more