Day 58_60

Welcome! Day 58/59/60 (Oct 05/06/07) of North to Alaska

 

Quote: “No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.”
Lin Yutang

Day 58, 59, and 60 were all very similar. We were travelling toward home. We could see the end to our trip.

Day 58 we left Durango, CO heading south east on 550 toward Albuquerque, NM with the intent to ride the Sandia Peak Aerial tram and have lunch on top of the peak. Unfortunately we did not realize that his weekend was part of the annual Balloon Festival which brings tons of people to the area. It was easily a two hour wait to ride the tram up. So we decided to move on toward Los Cruces. Note we did not see nary a one balloon either on the ground or in the sky. The rest of the day was uneventful.

Day 59 we travelled to Sonora, TX about 400 miles from El Paso.  The notable event of the day was I10 was closed thru part of El Paso for bridge building. Also we saw more trucks between New Mexico border and the split at I10 and I20 than on any other part of our trip. Seems most of the trucks merged over to I20. For us that was good. Also it was nice to see speed limits of 80. Our old Buick just loved it especially after our many, many miles travelling on curvy mountain roads. We landed in Sonora about 5:30.

Day 60 we were surprised at breakfast. We stayed at a Best Western were we are very familiar with their breakfast as most are all the same. At this one they had a cook which prepared cook to order eggs and pancakes. Cassie had eggs over easy and I had pancakes. Both were good. We then left late and headed to Cypress, TX. Cypress is North West of Houston on Highway 290. More importantly it is the home of Abby and Aidan, two of my 5 wonderful grandkids. On the way between San Antonio and Houston is a very large Buck-ees, a very nice stopping place. I recommend everyone should stop if you see one. We got a couple of sandwiches to take with us. We arrived about 3:30 and had a good reunion.

We will be staying here until next Monday. Also Pam and her family are to join us on Friday. We look forward to seeing Maggie, Drew and Katie.

So this actually concludes our trip. I plan to publish one more post tomorrow or Wednesday to give some stats and point out a few things I learned from the trip.   

Aerial Tran