Reflections on the trip.

[moparman53]

Navahos must like Escorts because I passed 5-6 while on or near the Rez. Never saw any elsewhere.

Truckers out west seem to drive friendlier than in Texas.

More later.

[boggart]

lmao

[MagnumMama]

Escorts and Grand Ams, that's what I saw on the Navajo Rez

hee, hee

[moparman53]

Except for a section of West Texas where the most road pizza (dead animals) was rabbits, I saw mostly skunks.

The trip home seemed to take less time than the trip out.

Best Western had the nicest rooms, but they cost twice as much; but that could be the area.

I'll try not to take a trip again longer than 400 miles without another driver.

[GoofyTimL]

You just need an upgrade to SRT-style seats... most comfortable driving experience we've ever had... but even so... 400 miles all on your own is tough on the keester!

[moparman53]

You just need an upgrade to SRT-style seats... most comfortable driving experience we've ever had... but even so... 400 miles all on your own is tough on the keester!

The seat wasn't bad at all. No back, knee, leg, elbows, (us older guys gots lots to ache), or feet pain. What bothered me was the long drives with (I call it ugly, Ashley called it boring), scenery with no towns for hours. It was stupefying.

[MikeEast]

400 miles all on your own is tough on the keester!

I'll be doing ~1400 or better in August when I go from Atlanta to Vermont..straight through, about 18-20 hours...

Sure would be nice to have some Charger or SRT8 seats for that...

Mike

[moparman53]

I traveled through Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, and Arizona, back to New Mexico, and Texas. (See, I can spell them out, I don't just know the abbreviations). Pretty much sunny with big puffy white or gray clouds, except for AZ. Never saw a single cloud there. Shortly after crossing back into NM, there they were.

[GoofyTimL]

AZ takes them in during the day... otherwise they'd evaporate!

[moparman53]

Mo AZ info. I only passed one LX on the trip; a silver Charger R/T on IH17 between Cottonwood and Flagstaff.

[moparman53]

Driving out was way more boring than driving home (even though I wasn't ready to be home).

[moparman53]

I don't care what direction I was driving; south, west, north, or whatever; The sun was always on my left leg and arm.

I must have good window tint, bacause in 9 days of driving, I never got a sunburn.

[moparman53]

Gas was the highest in AZ. Cheapest in TX (except in Pecos).

FM stations weren't that hard to tune in as I thought they would be.

Ashley left a partially full bag of chips [(sour cream and onions), bleah, she didn't get that from me] under her seat. The car was full of little black ants the other day, so I had to take the truck to work.

[moparman53]

Cops were thick as fleas on a hound dog Sun., 05/28/06 between Santa Fe and Taos, NM. A mini van flew by me when I was doing 75 in a 60. Minutes, I saw a State Trooper sitting up ahead on my side of the road. I slowed down thinking he was gonna get me, but he stopped the minivan. The Mopar Gods were watching over me.

[GoofyTimL]

Gas was the highest in AZ. Cheapest in TX (except in Pecos).

FM stations weren't that hard to tune in as I thought they would be.

Ashley left a partially full bag of chips [(sour cream and onions), bleah, she didn't get that from me] under her seat. The car was full of little black ants the other day, so I had to take the truck to work.

During our travels there was no place with higher priced gas that Calif! I don't recall the AZ prices, but it weren't as bad as SoCal. I do remember the least expensive station was just outside Cape Girardeau, MO.

We saw one speed trap coming out of El Paso... couple of cycle officers on an overpass with the guns (radar or lazer - who knows), and patrol cars lined up on the backside on-ramp raring to take out after the offenders. Must have had nearly half a dozen lying in wait.