We spent most of today in Texas -- from Little Rock to Midland. (Actually there was quite a bit of time in Arkansas, too!) From a little east of Dallas to west of Odessa is my least favorite part of the trip scenery-wise. Nevertheless there were a number of interesting sights such as the hundreds of windmills generating electricity near Roscoe TX and the oil wells/pumps in various places. I was reminded of my first trip across country the July after we were married and how excited I was to see my first oil well. Now I was much more excited seeing energy generated by the wind!
Another beautiful, sunshiny day although it was not quite as warm --- in the mid 50s most of the day. I guess we traveled about 650 or so today so we should arrive in Las Cruces by mid-afternoon tomorrow. It is nice that we will gain an hour as we near El Paso.
Fortunately we passed through the Dallas-Ft. Worth area at a good time traffic- wise. We have had the misfortune of hitting that metropolis at rush hour before and it is not fun!
Our New Year's celebration was pizza and wine in our hotel room but it was just what we needed. We will go out tomorrow night for a special Mexican meal at the restaurant where we ate after we were engaged -- La Posta in Mesilla, NM. Can't wait! I'm also going to postpone grocery shopping until after a Mexican breakfast at Delicias on Friday. Mmmmm. Don't know whether I will make it to see the New Year in or not. Dan and I agreed that we would pretend we are on the east coast and greet the New Year with all those Times Square folks rather than stay up an extra hour until it is midnight here in Midland! We'll see if that happens.
So glad we were able to talk to our family members this afternoon and evening -- children and siblings -- to wish them Happy New Year. We'll try to reach some of the international children tomorrow. Wonder if Yun (Jessica) and her friends made it to Times Square tonight? Can't wait to hear about their experience.
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