Short night.

Breakfast is in the in house restaurant. Not sure if you could get a special order food or not. Help brought us our drinks, other than that it was the usual types of food. But this food was good. Great bacon, eggs were real. Left a tip.

We wanted to make up some time so we stopped at the gas station across the street to get fuel to get to Tucson. Fuel there turned out to be $.20-.30 less than the next station, but $.20-30 more than the truckstop down the road. We didn’t make nearly the amount off of fuel savings as we usually to. Too much time in 3^rd gear. 5-10-20 miles at a time.

We are at milemarker 75 so a little over an hour and we are at the POE. As we are walking up someone opens the door (for us) so we walk in the exit door. Then later I noticed the same person opening the door again a few times as the waited for their permit. Once the other person being helped left the door opener asked if we could smell that. We hadn’t, but he said the person smelled like an outhouse. (my words, not his) Where we were standing was right under the AC so the air was likely blowing all in his direction. Because we had to wait for the person ahead of us it took about a half hour. The door opener was being helped when we got there and still when we left so his day for the 45 minute permit. ‘Cuz I tipped the help this AM, I didn’t have exact change for my permit and had to charge it. BB paid cash.

Less than an hour down the road we stop and wash, no one ahead of us. We both fit in the wash bay at the same time. We are in and out in 15 minutes. I had left BB get ahead of me in case she had to run to the truckstop to use the restroom. This place had them. Some of these little hole in the wall places don’t.

An hour plus and we are in Tucson at the Pilot for fuel. Crowded places this AM. My range had gone from 40 miles to spare to 70 miles to spare so I put in about $15 more than I needed. BB left a range of about a 100 miles. The routine is that BB parks her RV here at the truckstop and she rides with me to the airport to pickup the rental car. From there I head to the dealer. Didn’t look but I doubt it adds more than a mile to the five mile trip.

Once at the dealer, I am still packing up when the guy comes to inspect. BB is there a few minutes later. We go and pick up her RV and when we get back the guy is still working on my paperwork so nothing lost. But now it is noon and his lunch so mine is done and we wait for hers. I saw we’ll go to lunch too and the guy offers that they serve food at the RV dealer. We’ve seen that before but this time we stop. Glad we did. FREE lunch.

I had noticed someone eating a chicken philly, it looked so good I almost asked where he got it. We found out. No food choices, just philly’s today. Made to order. If not the best I have ever had, very close. So yes, there is something called a free lunch. Most people there were staff, but some looked like there were just there for the lunch, either way past driving range (I hope) or too young to afford.

Another half hour and we were on the road. We had looked at going up via the four corners but motels are too far apart and we would to push it some days to be back on Thursday. Maybe another time when we aren’t up against an appointment.

We had already eaten so first stop with the car was the exit rest are near San Simon. Temps are now around 100. What we are driving is a KIA SUV but the mileage is staying over 30 mpg at 75 mph.

Again, because of time we are adjusting our route. If we go the way we came we won’t get to a motel until 10 PM, if we take the freeway to Albuque we will get there at 9 PM.

We stop in Truth or Consequences and try a Blakes Lottabuerger and get enough fuel to get where it is cheaper. Blakes was not the good, not bad, just nothing special.

Make it to a Quality Inn just before 9 PM. Internet is not good.