Hot, VERY windy travel day!

Those winds are still sweeping down the plains, but harder than ever today, as the weather patterns continue to push into the area.  The new coach is so much more stable, but it was still challenging with cross winds gusting across the roadway.  We stopped for gas, and opening the door nearly pulled Clem right out!  As we headed into Texas, the winds became more head on, which proved a bit easier going. We passed up the Roger Miller Museum, King of the Road that he is, but did take a small detour onto the old route to visit McLean and the Devil's Rope Museum, as we had bypassed it before and it was time for lunch and a break anyway.  Who knew there were so many kinds of barbed wire, or

 things one could make from it!  That, and farm equipment made up a good deal of the surprisingly large building, but a Route 66 Museum was also part of the display.  The best museum has to be the one we saw in Clinton, but they are always fun.  A sweet lady welcomed us, and when I asked if she was from the area, she said no, she was from quite a bit south, but married a cowboy in 1949 and he moved her.  1949!  Spry little thing, who took me into a room to see a 45 star flag, when I asked if I could take photos, saying she sure had never seen one!  The town is full of the deserted and dilapidated buildings that mark the old route, and I wondered at how they could just bypass these businesses and let them die, rather than give them exits.  Clem wondered how people could stay in these half deserted towns! 

At the end of town was a beautifully restored gas station.  Maybe they will do more!  

So we are making time, and trying to get out of tornado country, as they are predicting more bad weather by mid week.  We crossed over into New Mexico to stay for the night, and will need at least another full day to reach our next big destination.  92 degrees and hot and windy when we arrived, and the evening news reported that there is three feet of snow in Vermont and northern NY tonight!