Tempe, Arizona to Pecos, Texas    641 Miles (2786 Miles Total)     Sunny - 98F

 along I-10, Eastern Arizona

Today featured... you guessed it, more desert! After seeing dozens of billboards, we stopped in Texas Canyon to see "The Thing" but didn't actually pay to see the Thing, so what exactly the thing is still remains a mystery. We're assuming it isn't a VW but we did pass an old VW pick-up on I-10.

 Yikes!... Arizona rest area

 The Thing, Texas Canyon, Arizona

 Trains on the former SP Sunset Route

We continued across New Mexico and into Texas via El Paso. Amazingly, thanks to some weird jogs in the time zones and a lack of daylight savings in Arizona, we lost two hours over the course of about 100 miles, and rolled into Pecos, Texas two hours later than it seemed. I've never experienced a two-hour "jet-lag" on a road trip before. Pecos was all but rolled up for the night so we had to eat at the Flying J truck stop (it was either that or Pizza Hut or Sonic but since we had pizza the night before...). Pecos really needs a Denny's.

 Far West Texas

posted June 6, 2004 by Tyler