High Plains of NM

So, Grandma Pace and I had a great time at LaDale's and at Uncle Frank's over the last week. We enjoyed every minute of it except yesterday. We looked at the map and decided that since we were already so far south it might be easier to go south on I-25 to Albuquerque and then west on I-40 to Kingman and then over the dam home. Good plan. We did just fine except there was a lot of wind across the high plains and very nearly blew us off the road. We were fine but only because we were careful and weren't quite as big as some of the other vehicles on the road. We didn't see anything off the road but almost, especially RV's and U-Hauls. It was very tense. The other problem was there is nothing between Albuquerque and Flagstaff, at least to find any decent hotels or motels, so on we drove for 10 hours. We stopped in Flagstaff and collapsed. Today, we only had about a 4-4 1/2 hour drive home. I wish we had been able to more evenly work out the hours. It was good because we were in country that I haven't been through as often and so the drive was more interesting. All in all it was a good trip.