We're still on our way home, spending tonight here in Albuquerque. We left Oklahoma City this morning and drove most of the day through very nice weather. Not much news from the road...just drive and watch the scenery go by. It was pretty but mostly flat - a winterscape, with bare trees and brown fields. Cows in pastures.
Our route - Interstate 40 - parallels the old route 66 for much of the way. The old route is in bad shape in most places - drivable at many points, but nearly gone in others. The most interesting thing to me was to see the abandoned buildings - gas stations, cafes, motels, et al - that were the charm and the appeal of the route in its heyday (or so I've been led to believe from movies and books). Now they look like scenes from the Depression.
The good news is that Lynette and I both feel a lot better today than we did yesterday - the bug seems to have passed. Now we are pushing to get home, which we hope will be on Sunday. We will try to make it to Kingman, AZ, tomorrow, and from there straight to Glendale. Can't wait to see our dear family and friends.
I finished "The Yiddish Policemen's Union" and have begun a novel from last year titled "The Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England," a satire. So far it's good enough. I'll let you know what I think when I'm finished with it. The "Yiddish Policemen" book was good. I'll try to post a critique when I have some time.
That's it for now...
Dan
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