Thursday - We finally made it out of Arizona and with working brakes. Yeah!! We met up with some folks from Florida and travelled together stopping at different casinos along the way. Only travelled about 150 miles. At each casino we went in and joined their free club. We managed to get $20 at one casino, dinner at another, free camping overnight, $20 free gas, two free Route 66 hats and still played around with the slot machines at their expense and walked away with another $20. So this casino thing is great. We have fun and it doesn't cost us anything and often includes the overnight camping, We are travelling along the old Route 66 so there is a lot of memorabilia and places to stop along the way. Grasslands and scrublands cover much of New Mexico, especially in the eastern and southern part of the state. The lower elevation savanna woodlands are covered by pines and junipers. The terrain has changed and we no longer see the high red rocks but rather lower rolling hills with trees. It is still very hot and dry and at times I find it hard to breathe. At least as we are at a higher elevation it cools down nicely at night making it comfortable to sleep.
Friday - Today we contined to travel across New Mexico about 200 miles. We didn't stop much as there was just miles and miles of open highwaywith Indian trinkets for sale along they way. Tonight we are in Tucumcari New Mexico. We are going for a walk now to see their wall of murals. More later.
Ed and Arlys
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