Location: Gallup, New Mexico
We made it through the rest of Missouri, all of Oklahoma, Texas, and are currently a few miles from the Arizona border.
Today was our longest day, driving-wise. We had originally planned on stopping and camping just outside Albuquerque but it got cold quick and after several wild goose chases down dark, winding country exits-off-the-freeway-to-nowhere we decided against camping and broke down and got a motel room in Gallup. I expected the desert to be warmer, but it's supposed to snow tomorrow.
Oklahoma was very beautiful, but the high winds across all four states has kept us with both hands on the wheel. It was really cool to watch the landscape change from the lush, green temperate forests to the dry, red, rocky desert. We listened to a lot of podcasts, especially "Stuff You Should Know" and "This American Life". A particularly cool podcast was This American Life's health system care history and analysis--it turns out that our "system" isn't so much a system as it is a series of accidents and interlocking, competing corporations. It was really cool and I strongly recommend it.
Tomorrow is Sedona :)
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