It’s 12:10 AM 2 Jun 07 and I’m in El Paso, Texas. I started at 10:00AM, and drove until 11:30 PM (10:30PM Pacific Time), taking a few breaks in between. I’m getting about 22-23 miles a gallon, which is about 6-7 miles less than what I wanted.
I saw the Moonrise today. It peeked bright orange over a hill in New Mexico, and now is in full white over Texas. It was the single most gorgeous thing I’ve seen since lunar eclipse of 2003. I saw that while stationed in Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, at 2AM, standing outside during my security guard.
I took off around 10:00 AM. I haven’t forgotten anything back home, which is good. But there are so many things that I have. I need to clean up the side a bit and organize things.
I do wish I had someone coming along with me.. I don’t think it would have been much fun hanging around with a couple people I’ve never met. But it sure could have saved a lot of money and stress. I’m tired from having driven for nearly 13 hours today, especially since I don’t have cruise control on my car. But I’m sure it’ll be fine once I head down to the Central and South America. And once I get down to Central America, I’m sure it would have been real nice to have someone with me.
I didn’t like Phoenix very much. There’s absolutely nothing there, although people were quite nice. A lot of traffic for a city that contained. I was really surprised by the beauty of New Mexico. I scoffed at the entrance sign that said: “Welcome to New Mexico: The Land of Enchantment,” but they were right. It was quite something, driving on the 10. It was a lot greener than Arizona. And the drive through was just the right size, not too big like Texas, and not too small like Connecticut or New Jersey.
I had dinner at this truck stop about 30 miles west of El Paso. It was kind of funny how cliche that experience was. But damn, that was some good breakfast dinner. I’m now a big fan of Texas toast and Texas hospitality. The waitress, Kim, was real kind and treated me like her son. I’m sure she has a couple sons of her own around my age. No, I didn’t check to see if she had a wedding ring.
I listened to 112 and 3 Doors Down so far, their entire discography. I think the radio does a great job for the most part. There’s only 2 or 3 songs that I liked out of their entire discography that I hadn’t heard on the radio. After about 2 or 3 hours you start to really dislike the whiny tone of 112 and 3 Doors Down’s mono rhythm.