We were up early to go to breakfast at Weck’s before taking Kathie to the Albuquerque Airport for her return flight to Indianapolis. We got to the Weck’s having gone through a major intersection on which the traffic lights were all out. Interesting study of patience by drivers who alternated getting four lanes of traffic through the intersection without traffic lights. Initially we drove past the Weck’s not seeing any lights on, assuming it was closed although the website said they were open at 6:30 AM. We did see movement inside the restaurant, so we went inside where we were greeted by the hostess saying they had no power. She pointed to the assemblage of emergency vehicles across and down the street where a power pole was sheared and leaning on an SUV. She apologized that they wouldn’t be able to serve us. We drove around a bit more trying to find another special breakfast place, but finally gave up and dropped Kathie at the airport unfed about 7:40. She was anxious about her flights and check-in and encouraged us to find another place for breakfast without her. Needless to say, I was very unhappy with the results!!! So we headed back to base, looking along the way for a cafe. Lo and behold, we came upon the Copper Canyon Cafe where we had breakfasted twice with Dan, Jeff and Roy, birding family, when we were in Albuquerque in February, 2014 to find the rosy finches which winter here. If only we’d gone out the other gate from Kirkland, AFB, we’d have seen it.
We were on our way to Amarillo by 9:30. Leaving New Mexico, the speed limit was 75, but we were warned of wind gusts. I was driving about 68 mph when I came through a pass and got rocked by the crosswind. Thank God our truck is equipped with and anti-sway mechanism which senses what is happening with the trailer and adjusts somehow the torque. It worked well, but I dropped my speed to 60-62 mph until my heart stopped racing. It was rather ironic to get hit that way as I had just said I didn’t feel crosswind!
Once again we see Texans are (oops, I mean Texas is) windy with lots of wind turbines in families of 20-50!
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| Don't know how this water tower remains standing. Too much Texas wind!!! |
There appears to be adequate rainfall through the panhandle of Texas, too, with ponds (tanks) full. There are lots of sorghum, alfalfa, corn, soybeans and, at one point, a huge field of sunflowers. In general the roads in the panhandle are good, even though they are concrete. And of course, the speed limit is 75 which many trucks seemed to want to drive. The humidity is back, too, at 45% after only 15-20% in most of Utah and New Mexico.
We arrived in Amarillo about 4 PM, very tired. I fixed a chicken casserole which was in the freezer and just had to be reheated.
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