Now that we have left Austin, we need to leave Texas. Leaving around 2 we knew the 12+ hour drive was going to be rough. We know that the 70 speed limit really means 90 and we were cruising on out. I had driven through Texas another time but remembered lots of oil rigs and flat land. This time I took different roads and there did not seem to be as many oil rigs and I enjoyed the greenery we passed.
Other than hitting a bird and stopping for some jerky our trip was pretty uneventful. When we finally hit New Mexico, we decided to get something to eat. The first place we saw that said "restaurant" we pulled into. It was pretty full and reminded me of an old Denny's. We had an old waitress who seemed worn out due to the large parties tonight. I felt as though I was in some hick town, although I did feel safer than Georgia hick towns. Nothing on the menu looked appetizing but neither my sister nor me were going to walk out without getting something, we didn't want to get shot!
She got grilled cheese with swiss and I got beef stew. I have never ordered beef stew - unless my mom was cooking. I thought since "the best chili ever" can be found at these types of places, why wouldn't the stew be as good. Aside from the funny looks I got from my sister we continued to order. The grilled cheese had white cheese, but it was not swiss, perhaps they don't have fancy stuff like that there. My beef stew looked like it had hot dogs in it when it came out and I was thinking, how am I going to be able to eat that? Don't worry folks, no hot dogs in there, just carrots. It was good but have very very very very very little beef - which I was okay with. After a couple of spoonfuls it was time to continue on.
We arrived to our destination an hour early (I know, stops and all we did pretty well!) and passed out.
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