Early for the west coast. We had eaten breakfast and were rolling by 7:30. Very few other cars had left yet.

Today is mostly freeway, retracing our path back to Forest City. First stop is a rest area across the highway from the City City Truckstop near a town called Acoma Pueblo.

From BB drove so I could make phone calls. Dr left a message this week that I needed to be seen before they would renew my meds. Instead of calling ahead and giving me six weeks notice, I got about 10 days notice. Luckily I was going to be in town for other reasons, otherwise they would just have to wait. BB had also gotten a call this AM wondering why she hadn't made her followup appointment. She didn't know she was supposed to have. By late afternoon it was all taken care of.

Second stop was the Shell at the TA in Moriarity. From there we drove through town to Lisa's truckstop on the other end. They have a little diner in their place. Picture one of those former Phillips 66 gas stations that had the pumps on both sides and the store in the middle under one big canopy. Then imagine half of the inside of the building being a diner and the rest being truck stop items. It had about 10 closely placed tables. And the place stayed just about full the whole time we were there. BB had a salad bowl and I had a patty melt. Good food, but too much so we both left some.

One more stop at the Love's in Tucumcarri, I finished my morning phone calls and BB used the restroom.

I thought once we got on the two lane at 65 mph the fuel mileage would go up, nope, it went down. The car seems to run better at 70-75 mph, at that speed it is tacking just under 2,000 rpms.

We decided to stop at Guymon, not quite 600 miles. We are back at our Quality Inn and ate at the PUB. Last time BB had a bad meal but she didn't like the other options within walking distance so we went back. Her food was good, mine the potato soup had hard potatoes in it. I like them soft with more broth.

Back in Moriarty, there is a Witt Bros gas station that has been redone. It looks quite fitting. Just one island of pumps, a couple of days ago when we went past there was someone out front sitting on a sack of onions. Witt Bros from what I have found was a truck stop that pre-dated the interstate. There are a number of rusty signs still standing across the southwest. It looks like some of them also had motels. Wish there was more info on them. Also on the Grifth truck stops.

Looks like we might only get two more short runs in before the last half of July. From July on our calendar is wide open. So far.

Board is back about 150.