Lucille's Road Trip - Day 3(3/29/2014) Fort Sumner, NM to Canadian, OK

Saturday.  We had a better night last night sleeping than the first night, so we all feel a little better today.  The dinette bed worked better than the sofa, and Lucille only woke up once during the night.  So after breakfast and getting things put away, we de-camped, fueled and were on the road by 9:55, a little better than yesterday.  It was 39 when I got up, 57 when we got on the road, another clear, sunny day but we have a little wind again.  We have seen a couple windmill farms, so I know the wind blows here about all the time.  We met several semis hauling replacement parts including the blades which are very long. We crossed the Texas state line at 11:11, and we lost another hour to time zones.  We are now in cattle country, and we have been passing huge feedlots (one was Cargill).    Lucille didn't think the scenery changed much at the state line.  Gas was 20 cents cheaper coming across Texas, especially around Amarillo, than it was where we fueled.  We paid $3.499 but were seeing it at $3.299 until it was time for us to fuel again, then of course, it was back up.  We finally got into some farming country but Lucille wasn't too interested.  She did like seeing a tractor every once in a while. 

It is obvious that Lucille is not a veteran camper or water conservationist.  She doesn't know about turning off the water when you brush your teeth, etc., but we decided not to confuse her with any more things so we just cringe when we hear the water running.  We had lunch on the road, as we came into Amarillo, just deli chicken, crackers, cheese, and chips.  Unfortunately, it was all about the same color so Lucille had a hard time distinguishing between the different items.  She was in charge of fixing Joe's sandwiches, and he never knew what he was going to get.  He was hoping for chicken on cracker, maybe with a little cheese slice, but sometimes he just got chicken on a potato chip.  He said that was different but tasted pretty good.

We drove 273 miles today.  We stopped for the night in Canadian, Texas, right by the Canadian River.  I'll have to ask Marilyn and Collins if that counts for a trip to Canada.  Wasn't much of a campground, but it did have full hook-ups which is what we were looking for.  Actually, Canadian wasn't much of a town.  We ended up at Pizza Hut, but it was mediocre at best.

I'm having trouble posting pictures so I'm not doing them until we (Cathy and Paul) get it figured out for me.