On to Albuquerque

Tuesday October 10 – On to Albuquerque

Sunday and Monday we stayed at Lake McClellan Campground. Sunday we drove 15 minutes to McLean TX to go to the Barbed Wire Museum. Unfortunately the museum was closed. I forgot to look at the hours before leaving. The town is on Route 66 but like many Route 66 towns is pretty well shut down. There was not much else to see so we went back to the campground and spent the rest of the day doing chores and relaxing.

Overnight the temperature dropped and a strong wind kicked up. We moved to an electric and water site to do wash. It was also nice to have the electric so we could run our electric fireplace. We needed some groceries so drove the 35 miles to Pampa TX to do shopping. Once back at the camper we finished the wash and we pretty much stayed inside since it was so cold and windy.

Tuesday we left McClellen and headed west on I-40. Our reservations at the Balloon Fiesta Campground begin on Wednesday. We drove a few hours west and stopped at a rest area in New Mexico at exit 252. From here it will be around a 1 ½ hour drive to Albuquerque.

Temps: Sunday was another very warm day with highs in the mid 80's. Not as humid though. The flies were pretty bad at this campground and especially since there was a cold front coming through. Monday morning temperature was in the low 40's with 25 to 35 MPH winds. Sure glad we were not traveling today. It only warmed up to the low 50's. Tuesday morning was still cold at 39 degrees and still rather windy. As we moved west it warmed up to 60 degress and the wind died down. I was concerned that it was going to be too windy for the balloons to go up but the visitor center host at the New Mexico Visitor Center said she thought they went up every day this week. Nice!

Where we are parked: I-40 Rest Area at exit 252. Nice spots to pull off next to picnic shelters. Our spot was a pull through site which was very nice. It is close to the highway but the road noise is not too bad. No hook-ups. We can stay for 24 hours. 

Rest area spot