Nous sommes arrivees...sort of.

Well if you have ONE margarita at 3,000 feet, it feels like THREE or FOUR margaritas depending on your tolerance. Amarillo is about 3K feet. OK. Yesterday we passed the Cadillac Ranch in I40 west of Amarillo. We passed through Tucumcari and sang "Willin'." I will be posting photos of a bunch of old drive-inn and motel signs from that strip. These places are all left over from the old Route 66. The day before we drove along the old Route 66 through Clinton, OK. There are spots where the old roadbed is visible from the interstate near the western edge of OK and into Texas. We cheered at the"Welcome to Texas sign." The next sign said "Welcome Center, 100 miles ahead." Things are bigger in Texas. I was sorry not to be able to stop in OKC to see friends. But it is a neighboring state, so perhaps we'll visit one of these days. (Yes, OK and NM share a border...don't blink or you'll miss it!) We are perched at a motel in Santa Fe while we look for a dwelling. It is also located along the old Route 66. Santa Fe has several of the old motor courts. Today we drive up to Espanola and El Rito. We looked at one casita that was on a small ranch property. But it was a REALLY small ranch property complete with goats, a group of 5 dogs who had only 19 legs, turkeys, and sheep. It seemed awfully crowded so we decided against it. At the library in El Rito, the librarian, whose name was Rita, told me that her wife was coming in shortly and might know of some places to rent. When her wife came in, Rita introduced us. "Lisa, this is Space." (No, it is not Space; it is Earth, I wanted to say...) But Space and Rita were kind and helpful and i left the place with a list of phone numbers to call. Hey, wait a minute. Do you think she might have said "Grace?"