WFRV

It's going to be at least an eleven-hour drive today, 560 miles plus a
one-hour time change (Arizona doesn't observe daylight savings time). We
leave at 6:45am and make it to Santa Fe by 4:45pm including stops. The
speed limit here as on most of the highways we've traveled in the Midwest is
75, which is good for two reasons: we cover a lot of distance in a short
amount of time, and the monotonous landscape flies by. It's certainly
scenic if you're looking at a postcard, but driving for hours on end looking
at the same postcard gets pretty boring. The highway is straight, the land
is flat, there are no buildings. I've taken to drinking a diet Coke in the
afternoon just to stay awake.

The Rancheros de Santa Fe campground recommends a restaurant and we head
right out for dinner. Driving around Santa Fe is a little tricky as the
streets are somewhat narrow but the destination is worth the trip. The
restaurant, Castros, is fantastic, and the kids taste sopapillas, posole,
and jicama for the first time. After we return to the campground we settle
in for a mean game of Hearts; we've taught Sam how to play and she not only
gets it right away, she's pretty good. She loves dumping the Queen of
Spades on unsuspecting players and will save it for just that purpose.

# posted by LDW @ 11:22 PM