Sunday, November 28th: Day Two!

We spent last night at the Flying J in Emporia, Kansas. Apparently the headlights need re-aimed, because illumination was poor in addition to it being a very dark night. Good enough reasons to cease travels for the day. We hit the road alert and cheery after a night of muzak and Christmas carol serenades from the gas pumps around 7:30 a.m.

The winds were crazy today which I'm sure put a dent in our blistering 6 mpg we managed yesterday. The sun was warm and we continued our southerly route. Determined not to completely duplicate last year's trek, we drove through Oklahoma City and continued our turnpike tour to Wichita Falls, Tx.

Paul constantly reminds me to take pictures because they make the blog nicer, but alas, I'm writing tonight and am entirely too lazy to download the few pictures I remembered to take today. A few them ought to be comical due to road conditions the moment I snapped the pic. I mentioned our "turnpike tour" because I do want to inform any rogue DOT planners that the Kansas Turnpike is far-and-away smoother than the Oklahoma turnpike.
 
Armed with multiple laptops, a 2005 Woodall's campground directory, and maps/flyers from a Texas Information Center, we reverse engineered a travel itinerary to allow us to arrive at Carlsbad Caverns at a reasonable time Saturday morning.  So we chose a lovely campground 1.5 miles away from the nearest railroad tracks (usually it's like 500 feet), with decent wifi and level spots at the Wichita Falls RV Park. We'll stay here until Friday afternoon and then continue west toward Carlsbad.

Sitting here tonight in my recliner watching tv after dinner, it seems only a couple weeks ago that we were this comfortable rather than 8 months ago. It seems we've quickly recovered and are reverting to life in our second home. If home is where your heart is, then I am indeed home and couldn't be happier.

Back to work tomorrow with big, fat deadlines ever looming.  Take care friends and family, and perhaps Paul will add pictures and hyperlinks and stuff tomorrow.
Ann