Cadillac Ranch
09:58 Check out from Country Inn & Suites, Amarillo, TX after breakfast
(included) and drove a short distance on I-40 W.
10:10 Stopped at the world-famous Cadillac Ranch, Amarillo, TX
11:05 Route 66 to Vega, TX (Magnolia gasoline station, among other highlights)
11:50 Set time one hour back (10:50) as we entered New Mexico.
11:30 Route 66 through Tucumcari, New Mexico. Lots of sights!
12:00 Drove from Route 66 on to I-40 W to Santa Rosa, NM
13:30 Lunch at Joseph’s Bar & Grill
14:18 Continued on Route 66
15:20 Las Vegas, NM.
16:30 Arrived in Santa Fe, NM. Sight-seeing and a coffee-tea break.
18:30 Continued on I-40 W – save time.
19:19 Arrived in Albuquerque, NM. Checked into the Double Tree Hilton Hotel
Total travel distance: 320 miles (512 km)
Total travel time: 10 hours 20 minutes (first, including one hour in time
difference, but then ~ 4-5 hours in total for “breaks”)
22:30 Dinner at Tucanos Brazilian Grill on Central Avenue downtown Albuquerque
