The Drive

New Mexico and the Organ Mountains.  I've hiked in them once.  NMSU brought me in a couple of times to lecture about the design and performance of golf clubs.  They have a golf training program for aspiring golf professionals. I liked Las Cruces during my visits.

White Sands NP.  Literally, you could mistake the sand for snow.

I got off to a late start so only drove about 5 hours before staying....I forget where actually but it was a nice Fairfield Inn close to a good restaurant.  The next morning, ugh, had to make up time because I promised to attend grandson Anthony's final day soccer tournament.

Eleven hours of driving through some pretty boring scenery but THEN!!!!!!

Between last October and now, not one but two Buc-ee's have sprung up on my drive route.  This was my first visit. Definitely a destination when traveling.  Place was enormous.

Third morning, I've arrived in the land of humidity as the windshield had a healthy coating that took awhile to remove.  It soaked a towel I had brought for this purpose.

Groggy, I approach the Ohio border and thankfully, rather than head to Granville, the soccer tournament is in Dayton so that cut about 90 minutes from the drive.  As soon as I alert the family that I had arrived....

....my daughter called and said Anthony wanted to see me.  We played catch until one of his throws missed me and impacted a picture!  He thought that funny.  We headed to dinner with Steph's husband and my second daughter.  The soccer tournament attracted teams from several states.  Anthony's team won its first two games and if they won tomorrow morning, would advance to the finals.  I told him I didn't drive 26 hours for just one game, lol.