Lubbock to Albuquerque

We left Lubbock this morning heading to Albuquerque for the night. Not long after entering New Mexico, the winds really kicked up and temperature started dropping. I quickly remembered why I do Not like New Mexico weather! Last year we spent a couple weeks in New Mexico, and the winds continually blew 40 - 50+ mph constantly.

The winds were so bad last time that the toppers on our slide-outs were ripped out (it's kind of like a material awning above the slide outs of the RV)...well, guess what? Yep, that's right--it happened again. Ugh!!!! Within an hour of entering New Mexico, one of the toppers blew out again, so we'll have to get it repaired some where along the way once again.

In addition, the temperatures continued to drop from the mid-60's in Lubbock, to the low 40's by the time we made it to Albuquerque. About an hour outside Albuquerque we hit I guess what you'd call a 'blizzard'. Really, a blizzard. The flakes were so small at first I thought I was driving into a mass swarm of small insects. I actually called Mark on our walkie-talkies to ask him what it was! The mountains in the distance were almost white in color. Imagine snow blowing at 50 mpg. You couldn't see the mountains it was so white.

Well we successfully maneuvered through New Mexico, the wind not withstanding, and arrived at an RV Park just outside of Albuquerque and will spend the night here. We'll be leaving here early tomorrow morning, heading to Cortez, Colorado to spend a few days. We're tentatively planning on spending some time in Mesa Verde National Park and driving to Durango, Colorado to check out the area and possibly take the Durango Silverton train.

We've spent five of the last six days traveling, so we're looking forward to spending a few nights in one location. Both our babies (Clyde & Duffy) travel really well. Both sleep in their little doggie bed in the front seat, though Clyde does ride on my lap some as well (did I tell you Clyde is one really spoiled "and loved" little Chihuahua??) Well, that's about it for today. I hope you had a terrific day--we did. Until later~