We did have a fun day with our friends – it has bee five years since we were here last. The most fun was the girls going shopping and the guys going to the fire station. Private tour from the Fire Chief because our friend is a town commissioner and I not only got to see the new 80 foot Pierce Quint I actually got to drive it. How Cool!!!

 

 

 

Interesting Texas facts: 2797 traffic deaths so far this year – more than all last year! Up 10 since we entered the state 3 days ago. We are seeing more brown, Texas road bumps (AKA Armadillos), cactus – mostly prickly pear, more oil rigs than I can remember and elevation from below300 feet to above 4500 feet today.

 

November 13^th – A real cool start to the day officially 19 although ours said 24. Wahoo! Luckily it warmed up fast on a beautiful sunny day and we were heading west. It got to 65 while we were having lunch. We are now on Daylight Mountain Time which I believe is the same as Arizona Standard Time. By starting early and gaining an hour we did over 500 miles today which should put us in Green Valley at a reasonable time tomorrow. We are in New Mexico now which makes 8 states in as many days and only one more to go.