Off the Google Map
Fence 1675+00, US-380, West of Caprock
Ask Google how to drive from Austin, Texas, to Roswell, New Mexico and you might think it was broken. The directions stop in Brownfield, still in Texas, ending with with a final offering of “Continue to follow US-380 W”. That’s it, 133 miles with hardly a kink in the road. In places the highway is straight as an arrow from horizon to horizon. And the sky is big, bigger than any Londoner could imagine.
The “free Internet” in our Roswell hotel was worth less than it’s price otherwise I would have posted this yesterday. Not such a special image but enough to make you wary of moving your family to Caprock, NM. With almost 600 miles to drive in the day we did not stop for photographs on the way, except for this one time in the middle of the high plains desert with not so far left to go and time in hand. The plan is to post once each day for the remainder of the trip; tonight from Santa Fe, Saturday and for two weeks after, from Taos.
