On the road in Amarillo, Texas

Starting mileage: 71092
Ending mileage: 71704
Total miles for the day: 712

Met up at 6:00 this morning with Franco6 (Fred) and his wife Chantall. We topped off our tanks and hit the road at 6:30. Light traffic getting out of Houston and temperature was 82 degrees. Lots of clouds and we thought we might get rained on but the rains held off for a long time. They finally hit us just north of Waco, Texas and we ran through rain for about 150 miles. Temperature dropped down to 72 and by the time we got into the rain suits we were already wet, but the suits sure felt good with the temperature dropping that much.

We finally got out of the rain about Wichita Falls and the temperature immediately jumped up to 95 and continued to climb. Most of the afternoon we suffered with Texas heat mostly running between 98 and 104, with several hours sitting on 102. Finally arrived in Amarillo about 6:00, got a room and hit the pool. Boy did it feel good. Then we went looking for food. Ended up at a Cracker Barrel. I had a wonderful Grilled Chicken and Pineapple salad. Topped the day off great.

Now back at the motel and headed for bed shortly and is now 10:00.

Overall a very good day, we only had two situations that were hazardous. One was an impatient fellow who insisted on passing on the right when coming up on construction and diving in front of me. After the construction we ended up in front of him again and we were doing about 75 and he passed us on the left, dove in front of me and hit his brakes. I shut it down and swerved into the left lane and he swerved back into the left lane. I just hit the brakes and let him go. Life is too short to deal with irrational cage drivers.

The second occurance was while looking for a restaurant and Franco6 was leading and a car came about 4-6 feet into his lane before waking up (or whatever) and getting back where he belonged. Just glad all resolved safely.

Tomorrow, I am heading into Colorado Springs to spend the night with my sister and Fred and Chantall are splitting off there and heading on into Frisco.

Hopefully, more tomorrow.