The rest of Day 4: Driving to Amarillo

Hello Amarillo! Are you there? We had driven during the daylight so far during our travels, with maybe an hour or less in the dark, but we were almost to our destinations by nightfall. The drive to Amarillo on Wednesday was mostly in the dark. It was extremely windy (have I mentioned how lucky I am that I haven't had to drive at all?! Thanks, hubby!) and total darkness. The only light was from our headlights and a few other cars and eighteen-wheelers. And then there were the small towns who all appeared to be sleeping or avoiding the extreme weather; neither which I can blame them for. We watched the digital thermostat reading on the truck's rear-view mirror drop from the 50's when we were in Dallas to a chilly 26 degrees Fahrenheit along our way to Amarillo. I wanted to see the scenery we were passing by although from the lack of light and life, I got the feeling it was pretty bleak. We did get to see a cool sunset, a real coyote sans the roadrunner and some interesting restaurant names and bars in those small towns such as "My-T-Burgers" and "The Heifer Saloon" (picture a cow). Our drive provided the perfect backdrop for "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" that we listened to on audible.com app on Zack's phone. I had tried to listen to books on discs before, but I could not drive and listen to them at the same time. Yes, I can drive and listen to music, and chew gum too, but not the book thing for some reason. Well, lucky for us, Zack can (again, good thing I wasn't driving)! My dad had suggested the book to Zack, and I needed no convincing...history plus vampires, yes please! We got to our hotel in Amarillo as the book was getting to a really good part, of course! Already, I suggest it as a must-read or a must-listen. I am ready to get to Denver TODAY!! But I also can't wait to get back into our book!
**for those really paying attention ;) yes we changed our plans to go to Amarillo rather than Santa Fe. It was going to be an almost 11-hour drive to Santa Fe...we must have been a little ambitious when choosing our stops. Amarillo was a much shorter and direct route to Denver.