Portales NM

What a terrible drive! Six plus hours of freezing rain and an unplanned overnight in Okalahoma. The timing was good for getting out of Iowa between storms, but it put me smack dab in the middle of a huge ice storm covering Oklahoma.
Finally made it to Amarillo, and stopped for lunch to let my car de-ice and grab lunch. Found a great place that even had a serenading cowboy and enjoyed a nice pecan porter.
The weather kept warming up the farther I got from home. Had a nice dinner with Steve last night and am enjoying hanging out with him and his dogs. Went out to his jobsite today. Talk about the middle of no where. Flat prairie land with a few, mostly abandoned buildings dotting the horizon.  Work is calling him back early, so trying to maximize and enjoy the short time I will have company on this leg of the trip.  I  will likely spend most of the next two weeks alone. 
Tomorrow we will part ways for a couple of months. My plans are leading me farther south. Will stop in at Roswell and get my alien conspiracy on.  Will see what I can find for camping. Lots of spots between here and Carlsbad.




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