WE made it through the night… just. I didn’t want to leave too early, due to seeing creepy things crossing the road, so left around 8am. It was a Saturday and a few other people were out and about, so I hoped they’d scare any critters off the roads.

It was another long drive and we crossed into Texas today. It was long, straight, boring and hot. We stopped in Amarillo for a Bucc-ees fix. This is a Texas chain of services, which have a bit of a cult following, with a beaver as its mascot. We didn’t really “get” it, but we had a bbq briskett sandwich here once, and it was really nice. So we decided to treat ourselves. It wasn’t quite like we remembered, and was really sweet. But it was a good place to break up the monotonous journey.

We are now heading for the mountains of Colorado, as apparently tarantula activity will be less at altitude. They’ll still be there, but hopefully not as many.

We pulled into the town of Raton in New Mexico after almost 700 kms. We decided to stop in a camping ground so we could have showers.