Amarillo is Stinky

We're in..... Amarillo. The haze of fog on the horizon that welcomed us after 10 hours of driving was not what we were hoping for. Apparently all the road work that ever needed to be done a long our route has been saved up for when we would be driving. I almost don't remember what the road looks like without orange cones and flags along it. There were also a couple large herds of smelly cattle along the highway leading into Amarillo. We did have a decent late dinner at Bennigans which helped revive us, and we got our first "ya'll." Last night we passed up "Bunhuggers" to eat at "Grandma's Closet," which had good food and friendly service but was very dark - like somewhere you'd take a mistress or plan a mob hit.
Most of the day was spent driving through New Mexico which has bad drivers and bathrooms but beautiful scenery (painted desert and mountains) and silver jewelry. Old Town Albuquerque is really cute and has lots of little shops and a cafe called "The Old Broads' Coffee House." We also met Jack FM's brother, Ed. The same guy does their radio announcements and they are the same exact type of station. So corporate, uggggh! We stopped at a Dino museum (one of at least three along hwy 40) and had TCBY yogurt. It's no Golden Spoon, I'm telling you. Then there was a lot of nothing to watch out the car windows because the pretty pink mountains didn't last the whole way. So we listened to David Sedaris - Live at Carnegie Hall and read the signs along the road. My favorite of the day was "The next two miles of highway have been sponsored by Clowns of Enchantment." I don't know who these Clowns of Enchantment are and I really hope I never encounter them. Here are some interesting town names we encountered as well - Zuzax, Tucumcari, and Moriarty (ten points if you know who that is.) Alisa wants me to mention that her hair didn't turn out like she was picturing, it's kind of pink - but still cute. We're tired and going to sleep now!