Santa Rosa--October 19, 2013

t was 21.6 degrees this morning!  Chilly hookup (truck to trailer!) to get us out of Flagstaff.  It was more of the flat, dry countryside with low mountains off in the distance.  We gradually lost about 2500 feet over the course of the day.  It wasn't until we got into New Mexico that we saw a bit of variance to the terrain.  The speed limit remained at 75 and we must admit we pushed the limit.  The road was excellent and we soon discovered the construction we had anticipated was not happening on Saturday, a factor we had not considered.  You lose track of what day of the week it is when you have been on the road as long as we have.

It was going so well that we decided to push further than Albuquerque, so this blog comes to you from  historic Santa Rosa, NM.  According to the AAA guidebook, Santa Rosa, elevation 4,599 feet, was established during the days of Francisco Vazquez de Coronado's visit to the area in1540.  While it is semi desert, it has artesian springs which scuba divers find useful for practice.

We are staying at the Santa Rosa Campground on Historic Route 66!  It is breezy with westerly winds, which we both appreciated as they gave us a nice tailwind.

This blog is coming from our iPad as the wifi connection is too slow and we did not have many photo ops today.  Tomorrow will be a long day as we push to Oklahoma City so on Monday we can get an oil change for RBII who has gone over 5100 miles on this trip!