Escaping California

Hold that thought until you've been in San Diego area. Very nice climate next to the ocean (but pricey).

From Kingman you'll have a beautiful drive east on I-40. Do stop in at the Little America in Flagstaff just to check out the showers.

Next stop will likely be close to Tucumcari, with a Love's and a Flying J. Beware some of the rest areas listed in the Truck Stop guide along the way may be closed.

When running through Texas be sure to stop about an hour east of Amarillo at the rest area. Very nice.

Enjoy the run.

 

Stayed in Tucumcari several times and I agree with you about the Amarillo stop. Recommend as well.

 

Eat it in 5 minutes or less, or go home!

 

From a previous post you made it sound like you were headed home because the touring company is done with the show right? So what will you do next? Get on another tour? Just curious.

And of course if I just misunderstood your gig that's cool too haha.

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I just finished running from the last rest stop in California on I-40 to the rest stop at mile marker 252 in New Mexico (between Moriarty and Santa Rosa). I started at 5:00 pm and the temperature climbed to 110ºF by the time I crossed the Colorado River by Lake Havasu City, AZ. As the sun set and by nightfall running through Flagstaff the temperature had dropped to 50ºF, a difference of 50 degrees!

One thing I love about running nights on I-40 through Arizona and New Mexico is that it is rare to NOT see any meteors. Last night I had two spectacular meteors, one that split into two on the way down, near the AZ/NM border.

Yeah, stopping at some of the Indian trinket shops is pretty cool, as long as it doesn't say "Made in China" on the bottom....