Traveling to (and from) North Carolina - Day 14 & 15 (Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Arizona)

 This is our second to last post...decided to combine our last two days of traveling by doing a summary by state..

Arkansas 

Thursday morning we left Clarksville (and no it was not on the last train) and we were ready to leave Arkansas...maybe it has been the locations but we were ready to leave the state of Arkansas...we were done with the heat and humidity and the bugs...

Oklahoma

Again; not much to look at...many Indian casinos...was changing lanes, and I was pretty sure that I saw a turtle in the road...I did avoid it but that a surprise to see that animal in the road...

Saw a leading water tower in Britten, Oklahoma and a one of the last original gas stations on route 66...those were all courtesy of Roadside America...we used this app ALOT on this trip as saw some of the wackiest, strangest stuff..

Also, we did not visit Binger, Oklahoma, birth home of Johnny Bench...

Texas

We stopped for dinner in Amarillo and eat downtown at Crush...excellent early dinner and we didn't even have steak...

New Mexico

We spent the night in Tucumcari, NM at the most retro 1960s hotel on route 66. The roadrunner Motel...the whole room was decorated with mid-century modern furniture...they even had a old radio playing songs and commercials from the 1960s...they even had old retro motel key chains for purchase...felt like were staying at an old roadside motel on route 66 during the 1960s...

We stopped in Gallup, NM to try Indian Fry Bread and we found Earl's family restaurant...Kim and split a Navajo taco with was a giant taco but on Indian fry bread...The fry bread was something between a pastry and pizza dough...excellent all around..

Arizona

We decided to spend the night in the same city we started our trip, Holbrook, Ariz...stayed at the same hotel...we did find an antique shop and eat dinner at Mesa Sports Bar(which is right next door to Mesa Italian Restaurant)...again another great dinner..

We are both tired of being on the road; so our drive home tomorrow will be something we are both looking forward to..

Until tomorrow,

MZ