Arizona To Georgia
Back in Georgia - and actually a little glad.
Diane and I made it from Bisbee to Sweetwater, Texas without driving on the interstate. In case, you are wondering, that was about 600 miles on old US and state highways. Volumes have been written extolling the virtues of going "off interstate", and I agree with every one of them. To me, the interstates are a useful tool for getting from Point A to Point B as quickly as possible, but if you have the time - the old highways are definitely the way to go!
We stopped by the "Little Diner" in Canutillo, Texas where we had fantastic tacos and chile relleno. You just don't walk out of that place hungry. Lupe, one of the sisters who own the place remembered Diane - even though she had not been in there in at least 5 years!
From El Paso to Carlsbad, NM, Highway 180 takes you through sweeping desert terrain. At one roadside park, the Guadalupe Mountains hang in the background with a wide desert unfolding in the foreground...unfolding for about 60 miles that is! This is truly a sight to see....
The two rest stops on the east side of Guadalupe National Park cannot be missed. The peak looms large, and yet it seems so close, you can reach out and touch it. It is one desert experience you do not want to miss.Carlsbad and Hobbs, NM are where the desert mountains turn into the Llano Estacado of Texas. There are cool salt lakes all along the drive to Hobbs. My father found an 8 inch salt crystal on one of them...pretty cool stuff.
Farther East, the giant wind turbines that dot the mesa tops keep turning like giant pinwheels. They absolutely fascinate me...and I have no idea why....
Darkness came at Snyder and we cut down to I-20 for the remainder of the trip to Dallas.
Out of Dallas, we took US 80 from Terrell to Shreveport. Through the rolling hills of East Texas, the highway doesn't really slow you down that much and it certainly beats the "green tunnel" that the interstate offers.
US 80 across Alabama puts you in the footsteps of Martin Luther King as he marched from Selma to Montgomery....and on to Tuskegee right past the Airmen monument. A fascinating history lesson from the not too distant past.
I know that I went less miles as the highways go directly between the spots I needed to go...so I saved on gas....the time...was well spent...
Diane and I made it from Bisbee to Sweetwater, Texas without driving on the interstate. In case, you are wondering, that was about 600 miles on old US and state highways. Volumes have been written extolling the virtues of going "off interstate", and I agree with every one of them. To me, the interstates are a useful tool for getting from Point A to Point B as quickly as possible, but if you have the time - the old highways are definitely the way to go!
We stopped by the "Little Diner" in Canutillo, Texas where we had fantastic tacos and chile relleno. You just don't walk out of that place hungry. Lupe, one of the sisters who own the place remembered Diane - even though she had not been in there in at least 5 years!
From El Paso to Carlsbad, NM, Highway 180 takes you through sweeping desert terrain. At one roadside park, the Guadalupe Mountains hang in the background with a wide desert unfolding in the foreground...unfolding for about 60 miles that is! This is truly a sight to see....
The two rest stops on the east side of Guadalupe National Park cannot be missed. The peak looms large, and yet it seems so close, you can reach out and touch it. It is one desert experience you do not want to miss.Carlsbad and Hobbs, NM are where the desert mountains turn into the Llano Estacado of Texas. There are cool salt lakes all along the drive to Hobbs. My father found an 8 inch salt crystal on one of them...pretty cool stuff.
Farther East, the giant wind turbines that dot the mesa tops keep turning like giant pinwheels. They absolutely fascinate me...and I have no idea why....
Darkness came at Snyder and we cut down to I-20 for the remainder of the trip to Dallas.
Out of Dallas, we took US 80 from Terrell to Shreveport. Through the rolling hills of East Texas, the highway doesn't really slow you down that much and it certainly beats the "green tunnel" that the interstate offers.
US 80 across Alabama puts you in the footsteps of Martin Luther King as he marched from Selma to Montgomery....and on to Tuskegee right past the Airmen monument. A fascinating history lesson from the not too distant past.
I know that I went less miles as the highways go directly between the spots I needed to go...so I saved on gas....the time...was well spent...
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