Albuquerque, NM to Branson, MO

It has been a few days....

We departed Albuquerque headed for Roswell via Alamogordo. Our first ride to Ruidoso. Except for the rain, a nice ride.

Got into Roswell early enough to check out the UFO Museum. Stayed at the Day's Inn and had a good Mexican food dinner at the Amigos.

We left fairly early the next morning because it was HOT.

We stopped in Amarillo, Texas for lunch at the Big Texan...as good as we recall!

As soon as we rode across the Oklahoma border we were slammed by the wind. The combination of hot temperatures and wind just sapped our energy.

We spent the night in Clinton, Oklahoma - at the Super 8. There was a festival going on so there weren't many rooms, otherwise we would have stayed somewhere with a pool.

Restaurant warning - stay away from the Branding Iron Restaurant at the Day's Inn. Lousy service, lousy food. Biggest part of the lousy - they just did not give a damn.

The following day we again departed early to try and beat the heat....as John said, we would have had to leave at 5 a.m. to beat the heat. We intended the most direct route to Branson, but ended up on a 20 mile scenic route at the end of a very hot, long ride.

We arrived at the Yellow Rose motel early enough to get the rides covered before the big storm hit....which took down a tree across the street from where our rooms are. Cooled it off nicely though!

Today we had the pleasure of the company of Marj and Gary Covert. Gary had planned a ride for us tomorrow but we are so beat up by the heat and long day from yesterday we had to bow out. Rather, we will be meeting them for lunch at Mr. G's.

No photos because the freaking internet wifi at the motel SUCKS! I'll up load photos when we get to Des Moines.