In New Mexico, on the road to Arizona and then Cali...

Pretty drive yesterday from Dallas....up through Wichita Falls, and Amarillo....on into New Mexico.  We saw lots of beautiful wind turbine farms..huge ones.  And lots of black eyed susan flowers and sunflowers.  Once we got into New Mexico, the scenery changed dramatically.  Lots of mesas...very dry....and virtually nothing on the road that suggested humans lived anywhere nearby for miles and miles.  We stopped at an old Historic Route 66 gas station to top off the tank.  I had the BEST fast food cheeseburger ever in Amarillo.  Apparently, the McDonalds in the panhandle of TX use Angus beef, so I got an 'Angus Burger' with cheese...and I swear, it was the BEST BEST cheeseburger I have had in my life from a fast food restaurant.  Especially McDonalds!  Saw some beautiful lightening storms after passing through the foothills of the Rockies.  We are right next to the Continental Divide.  Got to our destination, Gallup, NM, around 10pm last night, and it was nice and cool outside...in the 60s, so I got out my fleece jacket.  Turned on the weather channel and saw that Dallas was 103...Hahaha!  So glad to be out of that heat!!!  Going to find a starbucks now....and we will be on the road again shortly.  Staying on I-40 for another 600 miles roughly, and then entering Cali.  Staying tonight in Oxnard, CA...just south of L.A.  Taking coast road highway 1 up the coast from Oxnard to San Fran tomorrow.  Can't wait!!  'til next time....